Here in wales its been bad since 1980,I started a part-time job in 1977,I knew if I got fed up i could always leave, my husband was then working nights 6 nights a week,
Then he was made redundant,I had to work and worked till I was 60 years old,
Between 1980 and 1995 he was made redundant 5 times;
We paid 5 thousand pounds for him train as a driving school instructor,By 1995 he had to leave bad health, Great sick benefit of £63 a week I was earning about £100 a week,