A single parent on jobseeker's allowance, family credits and housing benefit would have to earn in the region of £20,000 to make returning to the workplace worthwhile.
While we all agree this is a fair deal, does it not make a mockery of paying a firefighter who regularly risks life and limb a measly £21,000?
-Jan Young, Court Farm Road, Hove
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