Originally Posted by
Papillon
And the answer is yes they do - until or unless the courts decide otherwise. That's how it operates, you can do whatever you like until the legal system (or Parliament) decides otherwise. In all honesty, continuing to go on about it is pretty pointless, they can and have done it. At some point in the future it may be decided they couldn't, but as of right now, they can.
I agree and said as much a few posts ago. I have been hoping that somebody would have produced a case where a benefit was removed, due to industrial action. As nobody has, this case will be ground breaking and as some have said, may stir the current Government into legislation changes.