| Topic: | Re:Re:Fish flakes | |
| Posted by: | Steve Taylor | |
| Date/Time: | 03/05/26 22:45:00 |
Benefits MUST be cut. No question about it. “Welfare pays more than work for 600,000 households Rise revealed in Conservative analysis will provoke calls for overhaul of £155bn benefits budget. More than 600,000 households received more in benefits than the average worker’s salary, a first of its kind analysis has revealed. The figures show that 625,618 households were handed over £32,200 in welfare payouts last year – the average annual salary of a British worker after tax – despite the introduction of a benefits cap. The analysis, by the Conservatives, also revealed that 16,000 of those households were in receipt of more than £60,000 in welfare payments – almost twice the average annual take-home pay. The figures will provoke calls for an overhaul of the £155bn benefits budgetand for reform of the welfare cap to ensure that “work always pays”. Sir Keir Starmer is under pressure to cut welfare spending in order to bolster Britain’s defence budget, with Labour preparing to unveil its defence investment plan “within weeks”. |