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Chrysalis · 10-11-2011, 01:49

Ok the total welfare budget is around 240 billion.
Incapacity benefit makes up 12.5 billion. (I got this from press as not on budget report I looking at, so may not be accurate)
Some comparisons.
Pensions make up 129 billion more than half (no cuts to existing claimants)
Child related benefits 19.7 billion (cuts but are soft)
Housing benefits including LHA according to press 21billion.

If I am not mistaken IB is the smallest of those and yet is the hardest been hit, logically someone would look to reduce the biggest bills first as there is more to gain easier. This is all political, if they hit pensions then they garuanteed to lose next election, hitting sickness benefits is just a minority set of weak people.

10-11-2011, 01:49	#96
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,050	Re: For those of us unfit to work Ok the total welfare budget is around 240 billion. Incapacity benefit makes up 12.5 billion. (I got this from press as not on budget report I looking at, so may not be accurate) Some comparisons. Pensions make up 129 billion more than half (no cuts to existing claimants) Child related benefits 19.7 billion (cuts but are soft) Housing benefits including LHA according to press 21billion. If I am not mistaken IB is the smallest of those and yet is the hardest been hit, logically someone would look to reduce the biggest bills first as there is more to gain easier. This is all political, if they hit pensions then they garuanteed to lose next election, hitting sickness benefits is just a minority set of weak people.