Comment on No excuse for shoplifting because UK's benefits system is very generous, policing minister says
theinspectorst@kbin.social 8 months ago
It's not either/or.
The UK benefits system is not generous enough. But most shoplifting is drug-related, it's not Jean Valjean stealing a loaf of bread for his starving niece.
The poor and their children suffer in Britain, but they do so while staying within the rules.