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George Osborne considering freeze on benefits to save £4.4bn
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Good.
Many in the private sector have taken pay freezes or reductions. This makes sense."There's no such thing as Macra. Macra do not exist."
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About time. Living well off CB/HB/IB etc. is a 'lifestyle choice' that needs to be removed.0
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amcluesent wrote: »About time. Living well off CB/HB/IB etc. is a 'lifestyle choice' that needs to be removed.
Totally agree.British Ex-pat in British Columbia!0 -
Sounds like a great idea.
I know someone who was renting privately and paying £725 per month, the landlord wanted her out so he could get £895 from the council.
The whole benefits system has to change, and about time too0 -
Eh... Everyone agreeing on same topic? Surely I must be dreaming...
As for the subject, good idea!0 -
amcluesent wrote: »About time. Living well off CB/HB/IB etc. is a 'lifestyle choice' that needs to be removed.
Not always, quite often, there is no choice about it at all.
As to the subject of this thread, it is only fair that benefit claimants share the pain that others are feeling.We made it! All three boys have graduated, it's been hard work but it shows there is a possibility of a chance of normal (ish) life after a diagnosis (or two) of ASD. It's not been the easiest route but I am so glad I ignored everything and everyone and did my own therapies with them.
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I think restructuring benefits is a better solution... as a society, we should put a cap, so that anyone / any couple with an income greater than 70% of the average salary isn't entitled to benefits, tax credits, council tax & etc.
Similarly, people with an income greater than 60% of the average salary shouldn't be entitled to live in council houses / flats (except in the case of people running council farms).
I guess we would have to phase it in over a number of years, but getting the majority of benefit dependency is important.“The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.”
― P.G. Wodehouse, Love Among the Chickens0 -
I can see a lot of benefit to this idea but rather than forcing people to move instead their rent should be adjusted towards market levels so incentivising them to move out. I think it also needs to be gradual adjustment as there are already too many incentives not to work and this would just be another one if it were a simple 'on/off' choice.
Similarly, people with an income greater than 60% of the average salary shouldn't be entitled to live in council houses / flats (except in the case of people running council farms).I think....0 -
I think restructuring benefits is a better solution... as a society, we should put a cap, so that anyone / any couple with an income greater than 70% of the average salary isn't entitled to benefits, tax credits, council tax & etc.
Similarly, people with an income greater than 60% of the average salary shouldn't be entitled to live in council houses / flats (except in the case of people running council farms).
I guess we would have to phase it in over a number of years, but getting the majority of benefit dependency is important.
How many people run council farms?
Do they earn over £60k0 -
Sounds like a great idea.
I know someone who was renting privately and paying £725 per month, the landlord wanted her out so he could get £895 from the council.
The whole benefits system has to change, and about time too
I think is is generally agreed that LHA is a total joke, which mainly succeeded in forcing up rents. It was a typical half thought out G Brown scheme which had the right intentions but never worked in practice.0
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