The entitlement to income-based Jobseekers Allowance is somewhat precarious. Having been on JSA for 6 months,I was told to apply for the income-based version,which I did. However,it was refused,because my partner is on long-term incapacity benefit,& with my tiny naval pension,puts us just over the official figure for what the government says two people need to live on,which is 125 pounds per week----to live on----rent---food---electricity--council tax---phone bill--car tax & insurance----petrol---clothes---etc.etc. Well,can"t be done,at least not in Surrey!! So off to the Town Hall ,& they end up paying for the Big Ones,ie Rent & council tax. The point is,you work all your life,pay in to a COMPULSORY welfare system, then get told you can"t have your own money back,,!! What other nation on Earth would be docile enough to put up with a CON like that??Especially from a government that refuses to confront the problem of Age-ism in the workplace !! At age 60 (this year) I will probably never work again---one applies for jobs,sends off CV's, attends the odd interview,but you never hear from them again ( especially if you've got QUALIFICATIONS and EXPERIENCE----They HATE that !!) ----of course,if I was a disabled asylum-seeker from God -knows-where,I would be "in the money ", but a white Englishman from Henley on Thames ??? No chance !!