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Old 23-06-2015, 19:45   #1559
johnhook
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Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged.

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Originally Posted by nomadking View Post
Labour brought in the tax credits system with the deliberate intention of increasing benefits. The public borrowing started up around that time. It is that excessive amount paid out in tax credits that has to be corrected. The problem is that there will be a lot of squealing if that is done.
Tax credits is about 30 billion a year less than 5% of the total tax and NI take and a lot of it is paid to workers
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