A couple of things I don't like the sound of..
From the BBC
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Changes to housing benefit mean people up the age of 35 will not be able to claim as much as before from April 2012. They will be able to claim housing benefit only for a room in a shared house rather than their own flat
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It seems that parents will be stuck with the kids for a lot longer than they thought.
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Housing costs could spiral. The average rent for a three-bedroom social home is around £85 a week - and the National Housing Federation warns that this could treble to a "staggering" £250 a week.
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That sounds scary if that's the case. What will really be the point now of social housing? This won't affect those already in social housing, but what if you want to move, does it mean you go onto this new contract?
As for the new sickness benefit, I thought that they said they wanted to make it easier and fairer for all. The new system sounds a whole lot more complicated and much more unfair for a lot of people (I know they have to do something), but until they come up with fairer way of doing it I can't see how it's going to work, but I'm sure that doesn't really matter as it's not designed to help anyone.
Sorry rant over.
