Please remember the State Pension comes out of the welfare budget too so all the figures given include that and it is easily the largest single bill in the budget
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http://www.theguardian.com/money/201...ensions-age-68 figures here show that providing state pensions and winter fuel payments to the elderly cost 94 billion in 2013/14. This comes out the welfare budget. 220 billion is the figures posted so the 94 billion is over 40% of the total? nearly a 6th of the tax and NI take that year. I am not saying stop this all am I am saying is its not just the sick and unemployed taking the money. In fact ESA and JSA combined is a small fraction of the 94 billion