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Extra £4bn welfare cut
Graham_Devon
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-11250639
Apparently a "lifestyle choice to live on benefits" is coming to an end.
Which, in my mind, is a good thing.
But depends really on what's cut. All I do know is for the next couple of days, we will probably hear lots of poverty and absolute outrage stories.
And of course, huge amounts of toff insults.
Anyone have any ideas on what they may announce?
The government is planning to reduce the annual welfare bill by a further £4bn, Chancellor George Osborne has told the BBC.
He will give details of the savings, which follow an £11bn cut made in June, in October's spending review.
The Treasury says the targets for the reductions are still being discussed.
But Mr Osborne told BBC political editor Nick Robinson that those making a "lifestyle choice to just sit on out-of-work benefits" would be affected.
He described the welfare budget as "completely out of control".
The combined £4bn and £11bn cuts represent about 6% of total spending in the area.
Apparently a "lifestyle choice to live on benefits" is coming to an end.
Which, in my mind, is a good thing.
But depends really on what's cut. All I do know is for the next couple of days, we will probably hear lots of poverty and absolute outrage stories.
And of course, huge amounts of toff insults.
Anyone have any ideas on what they may announce?
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Woooo hoooooo. More good news from the government.
Personally, I can't wait for this October public sector spending review. Benefits cut, ridiculous public services ravished, non-jobs discarded. Add to that the positive impact such moves will have on sterling and the stockmarket, and it's all good.0 -
Woooo hoooooo. More good news from the government.
Personally, I can't wait for this October public sector spending review. Benefits cut, ridiculous public services ravished, non-jobs discarded. Add to that the positive impact such moves will have on sterling and the stockmarket, and it's all good.
Me too. Would booking the day off work so I can watch the announcements on everything and outrage after the initial announcement be a little sad?!
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>Anyone have any ideas on what they may announce?<
No representation without taxation? :j0 -
Is it fair to call nominal increases 'cuts' if the 'cut' is a drop in a future projection of payouts? Based on the emergency budget social security benefits are to rise by an annualised rate of 2.8% over the lifetime of this parliament. There are many employees who'd be happy with that kind of rise!"The state is the great fiction by which everybody seeks to live at the expense of everybody else." -- Frederic Bastiat, 1848.0
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Is it fair to call nominal increases 'cuts' if the 'cut' is a drop in a future projection of payouts? Based on the emergency budget social security benefits are to rise by an annualised rate of 2.8% over the lifetime of this parliament. There are many employees who'd be happy with that kind of rise!
Not sure exactly what you intend to say, but this is an additional reduction in benefits on top of what was in the budget. It is only the start; the conservatives and Liberal Democrats are clearly going to reduce benefits further.“The ideas of debtor and creditor as to what constitutes a good time never coincide.”
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The only worry is that yet again they will target the wrong people, i.e. those who are disabled (and I don't mean the bad back brigade) and truly have no way of returning to work, whilst those who know how toplay the system will continue to get away with it.[SIZE=-1]To equate judgement and wisdom with occupation is at best . . . insulting.
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Personally, I can't wait for this October public sector spending review. Benefits cut, ridiculous public services ravished, non-jobs discarded.
Unfortunately it doesn't work like that. If you are non-job manager you will ensure that your department is reorganised so you have a job.I'm not cynical I'm realistic
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Sorry, poor communicationNot sure exactly what you intend to say, but this is an additional reduction in benefits on top of what was in the budget. It is only the start; the conservatives and Liberal Democrats are clearly going to reduce benefits further.
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Social Security Benefits for:
2009-10 = £163.7bn
2010-11 = £169.3bn
2011-12 = £174.2bn (£170.2bn if this reported £4bn cut is for next year).
There is no 'reduction' in benefits per se.
The reason I bring up this seemingly pedantic point is because of threads in the Money Saving Arms regarding benefits - there is a lot of vitriol surrounding cuts. Anyone who caught yesterday's thread on Ian Cameron (now deleted) will know there is a lot of hatred surrounding plans for the benefits system so its important the media get their reporting right imho."The state is the great fiction by which everybody seeks to live at the expense of everybody else." -- Frederic Bastiat, 1848.0 -
Huzzah! That's all I have to say.0
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Graham_Devon wrote: »
Perhaps child tax credits/child benefit? Stop the incentive that gives rise to unwanted children in the hope of more unearned income?
I reckon The Guardian will have numerous articles decrying the heartless Capitalists.0
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