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Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
New official figures...show that three quarters of claimants on incapacity benefit are perfectly capable of holding down jobs. no less than £11billion a year is now drained from the public purse by almost two million spongers who are faking their illnesses or disabilities so that they do not have to look for work.... All rigour has evaporated from the system; all morality has disappeared as the...
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Mad World (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
What on earth do you make of this story? The Daily Record reports that Fred Bowers, 73, was claiming mobility and disability payments for a "bad leg" while stunning viewers with his moves. Fred, from Nottinghamshire, has been ordered to pay back £3,000 but claims he has done nothing dishonest and was being overpaid as the result of a "mistake by the social".
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Community Care's CareSpace (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
What on earth do you make of this story? The Daily Record reports that Fred Bowers, 73, was claiming mobility and disability payments for a "bad leg" while stunning viewers with his moves. Fred, from Nottinghamshire, has been ordered to pay Read More......( read more )
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Same Difference (Free subscription) | 10/13/2009
A pensioner who showcased his breakdancing skills on television is paying back £3,000 after his disability claims were investigated. Fred Bowers, 74, of Sutton Bonnington, near Loughborough, appeared on ITV1’s Britain’s Got Talent before being knocked out in the semi-finals. The Department of Work and Pensions found he should not get cash from the Motability scheme, along [...]
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
Fred Bowers a breakdancing pensioner who showed off his moves on Britain's Got Talent has been told to pay back thousands of pounds in benefits.
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BLANKNEY JOURNAL (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
A pensioner who found fame on TV show Britain's Got Talent has vowed to carry on break dancing despite seeing his benefit stopped. Fred Bowers , 73, from Leicestershire , was an instant hit when he performed the act, honed on dance floors seven days a week, in front of millions of viewers on ITV's popular show. But fame, it seems, came at a price for the former soldier, whose £50-a-month Motability...
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euronews24 (Free subscription) | 06/17/2009
LONDON - A pensioner vowed Tuesday to keep making his moves despite having his disability benefits cut after he appeared breakdancing on a television talent show. Fred Bowers, 73, told the BBC that the state-funded allowance he received for a warti ...
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Anorak News (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
The Celebrity Police Force tuned into Britain’s Got Talent, when Leicestershire’s 73-year-old break-dancer Fred Bowers took to the stage..
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The Church of Templar (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
British Politicians thieve millions in benefits yet a 73 year old pensioner loses his? TV dance man Fred Bowers age 73, loses benefits A Leicestershire 73-year-old who wowed audiences by break dancing on Britain's Got Talent has had his benefit stopped. Fred Bowers said the allowance he received for a leg injury has been suspended while the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) investigates. Mr Bowers,...
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Unreality TV (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
Britain’s Got Talent Grandad Fred Bowers, has had his benefits cut after bosses saw him break dancing on his supposedly bad leg. Fred has lost his £50 per week motability benefit after his appearance on the ITV talent show and may also be stripped of his £70 per week disability benefit depending on an investigation. Fred told [...]
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
Break dancing pensioner Fred Bowers has had his benefits cut after he performed his routines on ITV's Britain's Got Talent.
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Fool My Blog (Free subscription) | 06/16/2009
Fred Bowers the 73 year old break dancer who appeared on Britains Got Talent 2009 has just been rumbled by Social Services. A rather foolish move Fred to appear on national television break dancing... Imagine...fooling your blog into believing it is popular...read mor at htttp://foolmyblog.blogspot.com
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