Welfare Call

  • Welfare call: Pretend spy

    In a general welfare call, a young person pretending to be the head of an Intelligence agency was spotted in Reading Station yesterday.

    Any information relating to this individual is helpful. It should be passed onto a relevant public body for analysis, and care.

  • Welfare call: Distressed male

    A sexually distressed male was seen chasing a female shopper in a Tesco supermarket in Reading West earlier this evening.

    Any information relating to this individual is helpful. It should be passed onto a relevant public body for analysis, and care.

  • Welfare call: Ill girl

    In a general welfare call, a single girl in Royal Berkshire Hospital was seen looking distressed in an entrance to the Hospital. It’s not known who she is or why she was there.

    Any information relating to this individual is helpful. It should be passed onto a relevant public body for analysis, and care.

  • Welfare call: Terror plotting

    For the welfare of the public, it’s asked any information relating to plots to disrupt travel at any major, central London transport hub is passed onto relevant authorities.

  • Welfare call: Mentally ill driver

    In a general welfare call, a member of the public claiming to be an MI5 Agent has been spotted in Reading driving.

    Any information relating to this individual is helpful. It should be passed onto a relevant public body for analysis, and care.

  • Welfare call: Distressed business female

    A young female walking on her own was spotted on a central street in Reading town centre today.

    It’s believed she works in local business, and suffers with mental trauma, and issues of emotional distress.

    Any information relating to this individual is helpful. It should be passed onto a relevant public body for analysis, and care.

  • Welfare call: Pair of young men

    In a general welfare call, two young men spotted in a John Lewis & Partners shop in Reading today have caused concern.

    Any information relating to these individuals is helpful. It should be passed onto a relevant public body for analysis, and care.

  • Welfare call: Sole spectator

    In a general welfare call, a single spectator in the Commons Public Gallery caused concern in the late afternoon today.

    Any information relating to this individual is helpful. It should be passed onto a relevant public body for analysis, and care.

  • Welfare call: Rowdy troublemakers

    In a general welfare call, a small group of females were noted causing a disturbance at a petrol forecourt in Reading in the early hours of this morning.

    Any information relating to this group is helpful. It should be passed onto a relevant public body for analysis, and care.

  • Welfare call: US embassy staff

    In a general welfare call, a small group of London-based US embassy staff were seen walking through Reading, late yesterday evening. Their presence suggested a confusion of mind, and purpose.

    Any information relating to this group is helpful. It should be passed onto a relevant public body for analysis, and care.

  • A new age of welfare

    In the provision of welfare a government has to make sure it doesn’t cross a line that already exists in society. It’s a difference between state-led provision and private enterprise still found in all its forms. A charity handout is one example, as well as free support and advice, and grants and funds.

    The prerogative, however, is to cover more issues than a simple need meets. The benefit eventually covers a multitude of problems that exist, in part, because of reasons in a government’s remit. It may be a school dropout, a legacy of closed industry, or an illness that takes too long to care for.

    The proper, newer age of welfare is one that takes all this into account, and more. The mere fact of someone being out of work is not the main issue anymore. The solving of problems is also not a case of social justice. It’s about an intelligent use of resources to provide further for citizens. It’s what’s at stake.

  • Welfare in an age of decline

    It’s a stark attribute of post-war theory that UK citizens should receive welfare payments. It fits a model that sympathises with a war-torn nation that needs to recover.

    It also follows along the lines of failure of industry and a sluggishness to innovate new ones. The compensation of benefits such as Universal Credit fit our narrative.

    However, the time has come to get over our remorse at large, and feel sorrow at lost time and manpower. The nation has to move on and find new ways to fund itself.

    The purpose of our lives here is at stake, and yet businesses have chosen to recruit overseas workers to fill gaps. These are roles citizens should do, but inequality widens.

    The reason is not a lacklustre attitude to work, but a failure of government to cover ground. It’s moved up, but not out. It hasn’t grasped its remit as well as it thinks.