[nomadking]

Originally Posted by 1andrew1

Not sure where you're getting those figures as you don't give a link but this chart presents the information far better.


https://www.ukpublicspending.co.uk/u...ficit_analysis

From here. Official Government source.


Even with your figures, my point still stands, about if it was solely down to the crash, then it would've plummeted all by itself. It didn't. If the post-2010 figures were high because of the crash, then were was the austerity?
The Local Housing Allowance rules of 2007, heavily increased the housing benefit bill. Landlords suddenly knew how much rent they could charge housing benefit claimants.