Welfare

Welfare in the UK

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 Nowadays, every person dream of a welfare for himself and for the family; welfare have some positives and some negatives. In some way people come to the UK from foregone countries for working; there is a new law in the UK for EU migrants. According to BBC NEWS (2014) "European migrants coming to the UK will have to show they are earning at least £149 a week for three months before they can access a range of benefits." Therefore the UK citizens would feel that they are less important than others; because they are the local people and some people come from other countries to the UK and they receive the same rights and benefits as a British citizen. Also, the retirement age would increase in the future According to Beattie (2013) "The Government had already announced the state pension age will rise from 65 to 66 by 2020, and to 67 by 2028. These dates will not change." As a result, people will work longer and they have to suffer more ti receive their pension after retirement. Another problem is the annuity people will have to wait longer until they receive there pension to pay all there annuity and it could lead to some problem for people. According to Mustoe (2014) "Many pension savers were, and are, unaware they could get an annuity from a firm other than the one that managed their investments, and shop around as they would with a savings account or mortgage." Therefore, the new bill would creates some problems to the citizens and the foregone people as well. 

Bibliography 

BBC NEWS (2014) EU migrants must earn £149 a week to claim benefits. Available at : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-26254735 ( Accessed date : 21/March/2014 )

Beattie, J. (2013) George Osborne set to raise retirement age to 70 in 'work until you drop' bombshell. Available at : http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/retirement-age-rise-70-work-2891294 ( Accessed date : 21/March/2014 )

Mustoe, H. (2014) Annuities: What now for retirement income?. Available at : http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-26654759 ( Accessed date : 21/March/2014 ) 

Poverty & Crime

Poverty & Crime in the UK

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There is a link between poverty and crime; this is one of the very big problem nowadays in the UK. There is a video clips about riots in the streets in London and in other places and it is all over the news. They stand against the law and against the police and they destroy the shops and the cars in the streets and they burgle the houses; because they are poor people they do not care about other people and they do not have any thing to lose. According to Harney (2011) "Poverty and crime may need to be addressed by state intervention but not by the same means. Society needs to address slums and homelessness not because they are, so one argument goes, breeding grounds of crime, but because a civilized society should simply do so." The government should understand what they want by doing their actions and they should figure a solution to avoid riots. One solution is to help the poor people to find a job and then they could work for extra hours to receive an extra money therefor, there will be less crimes because they will be busy working just to get extra money and they might be useful in the community. 

Bibliography 

Harney, D. (2011) Why Poverty, IsThe Mother Of Crime! Available at : http://www.labourleft.co.uk/why-poverty-isthe-mother-of-crime-by-david_harney/  ( Accessed date : 21/March/2014 ) 

Role of press

The Role Of The Press

press have a sensitive place in the society they have the freedom to write about any issue in the society. In addition, they the news up to date for us; also, they shows us what is happening in the other counties. The press and journalist plays a big role in developing the country by their news attraction. They use many methods to deliver their news to people such as, newspaper, magazines, radios, TVs and books. The journalist have more freedom and they are protected from the law and they could write what they want in the newspaper; it does not matter if it was true or not. According to Rusbridger ( 2011 ) " Reporters need to know that they will be protected from the threats and immense costs that are often involved when people seek to stop daylight being thrown on their affairs." Unfortunately, some journalist use this protection and interfering in people's personal life and bothers them this is the negative thing about journalist besides the rumors. 

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Bibliography 

Rusbridger, A. (2011) The importance of a free press. Available at : http://www.theguardian.com/media/2011/oct/06/importance-free-press-alan-rusbridger ( Accessed date : 20/March/2014 ) 

Homelessness

Homelessness ( Cause and & Effects ) in UK 

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Homeless is a person who's without a house to live in and without an income. Homelessness is a huge problem nowadays and it is getting bigger and bigger and it is a very serious problem; it could damage the appearance of the country. There are many causes of homelessness for example, war could be one of the causes. Also, a couple may have problems between each other and they decide to break up this could lead one of them to be a homeless and this will effect their children if they have. Another cause might be for the children when they turn to 18 and over they decide to make their own life and start a new life by leaving their parents house. According to Wilson (2013) "We know that statutory homelessness acceptances are rising and there are signs that rough sleeping is increasing in key areas such as London."

One solution is that the government should build more hostels to homeless people and the should make them to work there as well. For example, the homeless people will sleep and eat for free for the first few months; However, they will have to work to pay their accommodation and so on. Another solution is the government with the help form the military they could build a military camp and they will teach the homeless people how to use the weapons and they will have military courses under the supervision of officers and they will receive an opportunity to serve their country and they will have a monthly income. To evaluate this solution has a negative impact; the homeless people could uses their knowledge in using weapons in a negative way outside the walls of the camp. They could revenge from the people who made them in this situation in the first place.

Bibliography

Wilson,W. (2013) Homelessness in England - Commons Library Standard Note. Available at : http://www.parliament.uk/briefing-papers/SN01164/homelessness-in-england ( Accessed date : 20/March/2014 )

Youth unemployment

Youth Unemployment in the UK

The young people are the future of any country and if any country has a youth employment it has a serious problems. In the UK According to British Youth Council ( 2014 ) " Only 6 out of 10 young people are optimistic about whether they will have the job and career they want in the future."   

Therefore, it is a very serious problem that the young people in the UK are without a job. The young people would think that there is nothing to live for or there is nothing to wake up in the morning to do. As a result, the youth unemployment become desperate and they might become deviating.

One solution is, the government should afford educational courses for youth who's unqualified and without a certificate to teach them and give them the opportunity to have a job. To evaluate this solution could cause some problems. For example, it may cause the government a large amount of money.

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Bibliography

British Youth Council (2014) Youth unemployment continues to increase. Available at : http://www.byc.org.uk/news/youth-unemployment-continues-to-increase.aspx ( Accessed date : 20/March/2014 ) 

 

Elderly care

In my culture usually the son or the daughter take care of the old parents or someone from the same family, if both of the children were at work or out they recommend the charwoman to stay with the old parents and take care of them until the son or daughter come back from the work. Also, the wife of the son take care of the old parents because when she married the son the father of the son become her uncle and the mother become her aunt so there will be like her parents, and vice verse.


In my culture the government pays all dues for elderly people and they offer free medications, free medical beds and a nurse if necessary. That's all free from the government and if the family want anything for their old parents the government helps them immediately. In our culture we respect old people and we estimate them, because they founded the state and they are our ideal.


I think the government should pay for elderly people in the first place or they can cooperate with members from the same family. Equally between the government and the old parents family because the government can't offer for each family a full payment neither the family can.


There are a big differences between my country and UK in taking care and who pays for old people. In my country the family takes care of the old parents and the government arrange everything for the old people from medications until the psychological comfort. On the other hand, In the UK when the child reach 18 years old most of them move out to study in the university and some of them don't come back to see his/her old parents. Also, if the elderly people have a more than  23.500 Pounds in their account they should pay for the nursery monthly 3000 Pounds for their staying and treatment.  

Smacking Children

Is the U.K government correct to legislate against beating of children by parents ?

Yes they are, I think they should make a law to stop beating children by their parents. Because beating is not the way to teach or to make the child learn from his/her mistake also, beating will harm the child physically and psychologically.


Should the Welsh Assembly legislate against smacking ?

there is a different between beating and smacking, beating will harm children badly while smacking may make children cray and may not. Therefore, It's not necessary from Welsh Assembly to legislate against smacking.


How much do government rules depend on which society a person lives in ?

I think the rules depends on the society where a person lives in, if there a violent society were parents beat there children there must be a strict rules and if there a usual society where everything is normal the government reduce the rules in this area.

 Wich parts of the UK laws regarding physical punishment of children by parents do you agree with? why?

I don't agree with any physical punishment and I don't find it a good way to teach or to let the child learn from it. Because if the parent punish the child physically the child will not learn from what he/she did wrong it might give a negative influence on the child for example the child will be afraid from other people.