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Welfare Reform

Welfare Reform. Why welfare reform?. Culture of welfare benefit dependency Work is good for you Lack of personal responsibility The cost is getting out of control… Benefits spending increased 45% in decade to 2009/10 Currently around £207,000,000,000 per annum

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Welfare Reform

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  1. WelfareReform

  2. Why welfare reform? • Culture of welfare benefit dependency • Work is good for you • Lack of personal responsibility • The cost is getting out of control… • Benefits spending increased 45% in decade to 2009/10 • Currently around £207,000,000,000 per annum • Income tax only yields £155,000,000,000 per annum! • £1.60 spent on social security for every £1.00 on health • Welfare reform cuts concentrated on working age people • But 65% of all benefit spending is on those over working age • 47% of total social security spend goes on older people

  3. Saving £18 billion pa by 2014/15… Following cuts predicted to help deliver the goods… • £5.8 billion due to switch to CPI indexation • £3.6 billion from CB freeze (since amended) • £2.6 billion for tax credits cuts • £1.9 billion from HB cuts • £1.2 billion from DLA reform • £1.2 billion from time limiting CBESA

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