Further to Brian Behan (Letters, January 28), single mothers are not the only group to be targeted by the Government.
Chronically sick and disabled people and just about anyone else who could possibly be pressed into service will all be hounded by bureaucrats trying to get them off benefits and into jobs, regardless of how inappropriate this may be.
That is why the Department of Social Security was abolished last year and its responsibilities transferred to the new Department for Work and Pensions.
No doubt the word "Pensions" will be dropped before very long.
What is really needed is a living income for all, whether in work or not.
-P D Jackson, Byron Street, Hove
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