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Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged.
Well the warning signs are there for all to see and if they are not heeded then the price the government will pay will be considerable.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-45824590
https://www.theguardian.com/society/...-like-poll-tax
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Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey defended the new benefit system amid reports 3.2 million households will lose more than £2,000 year.
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Ms McVey is reported to have privately told cabinet colleagues that many claimants could lose as much as £200 a month as a result of the switch to universal credit.
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The former prime minister Sir John Major said on Thursday that the welfare overhaul could be as damaging to the Conservatives as the poll tax was in the 1980s.
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