WHAT'S all this about - getting people off benefits and back to work? What work?

If there was plenty of work, we wouldn't have people on the dole.

The government should leave the vulnerable people alone and look at the alternative that your Opinion gave (LET, December 8).

There are thousands of people out there, including Tony Blair and Harriet Harman, who do not need child benefit.

Anyone earning more than £40,000 a year should not qualify for it. Why hit people at the bottom of the pile? I am a strong Labour supporter, but Tony Blair should watch out. I think he is biting off more than he can chew.

MRS K DONNELLY, Wensley Road, Blackburn.

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