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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
Some information regarding expenditure and cuts.
social loans scrapped - the last 7 years of its use were self funded, and 4 of the 7 years were budget surplus by over 6 figures.
2013 figures
state pensions 74.22 billion (close to 50% of total DWP budget). - no cuts
DLA 12billion - apparently unaffordable - cut for working age, pensioners and ex armed forces excluded
ESA 4.8 billion still been targeted for more cuts is less than 10% of pension budget
JSA I think similar to ESA just under 5 billion - (picture is heavily compressed) - targeted very heavily for cuts especially for under 25s
There is of course budgets such as housing benefits which are a complete minefield as its split across all age groups as well as many full time employed people, and a lot of housing benefit expenditure goes into private landlord pockets as well.
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JSA has dropped to under 3 billion iirc. No one is interested in the harsh reality of the State pension just wait 5 years the poor and sick will be on pennies and dying and the state pension will have risen again by more than the cuts have saved. The State pensions figures now are 88 billion a rise of over the 12 billion wanted in cuts over 2 years. If this follows in 15 years the state pension will be more than the whole welfare budget is now