It is official, hard working families to support unemployed families....
Times article here
For Better or Worse
Effects of Labour's tax and benefit changes, 1997-2012
Worse off
Both earning, no children £2,208
Single earning couple, no
children £1,684
Both earning, plus children £1,466
Single, employed £1,281
Multiple benefit households,
no children £976
No earning couple, no
children £543
Single, unemployed £297
Better off
No earning couple, children £2,901
Lone parent, unemployed £2,491
Lone parent, employed £2,066
Single pensioner £1,148
Couple pensioner £350
Multiple benefit households, children £220
Single-earner couple, children £180
I am sorry Kev, looks like you will be contributing a great deal more towards your brother's life style....
Source: IFS
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you have a lot more benefit your way than we have here...but it is about the same break down regarding with/without children and single vs couple...sadly
single pensioner better off?
after concil tax?
Are they sure?
I don't understand this - they've just cut my benefit and I'm below being able to fund even the basic bills. If it wasn't for my mother making contributions we'd go under. I keep reading about those on benefits having loads of money and I wish someone would tell me though cause it isn't my reality, at all.
typo - shoul hae read:
I wish someone would tell me how cause it isn't my reality, at all.
Sorry I don't know how to get the biscuit crumbs from under the keeys on my keyboard.
“There is a wider concern that the Government has deliberately chosen a confusing way of presenting the reform".
As usual, our feral government tries to cover up its mendacity. We really are run by a pack of congenital liars, and they are getting worse.
We do indeed Daisy. Is it true that you give welfare mums a contraceptive implant?
Bill, perhaps they are factoring in the heating allowance and the bus pass...and imagining pensioners will take up Pension Credit.
Pip, perhaps you need to go back to the CAB?...I think the trouble is that you own your home.
They are liars Scrobs. Brown does it every time he opens his mouth. He is not looking after "hard working" families at all.
no lilith that is not true...someone came up with that idea to make us look bad...as if we need help in that area...
I am relieved to hear it Daisy.
There is more incentive to have children than there is to get a job for our young, unqualified women. That way they get housed for free and they can leave home.
CAB aren't the fix-all people think they are. They tried with the bank and have no power - they couldn't do anything. They have no authority. And they cannot tell the government how much to pay me. And yes, if I rented and had never worked and had nothing I would get everything. That's the really annoying thing. I could move, all found. You get persecuted for trying.
'Labour' is a lie. It no longer exists. NuLab is making life harder. And the tories would do worse for me.
I didn't mean CAB could fix it for you Pip, just that there may be some benefit you are not getting that you are entitled to. But as you say, the problem is that you have supported yourself and so you will not be getting all the housing help.
I just get angry and frustrated with the system at times, Lils.
But we are happy and healthy and together. That's what matters most To be safe and well, have friends and feel wanted :-))
Hope Elby is improving every day x
I would say that is probably the difference, Pippy. You own your home.
Lil' bro' doesn't - his (step)children have children. The classic benefit set-up. They're not rich, just OK.
Hi EK *waves*. I don't wish your little bro ill, I just don't understand this barmy system sometimes. It does seem to favour the done bugger-all sometimes. No offence to any on benefits but that has been my experience. I mean.... to be denied incapcity benefit because I was in hospital having surgery just beggars belief. And now my benefit is being cut and I'm being er.. encouraged to work so's I can pay someone else to care for my small children. I've had a brush with such things - they expose the children to MTV and the pussycat dolls videos. When I found out that was the last time my son went to 'after school club'. He is now learning to play the cello and my daughter is learning to play my silver flute. The State has never made a good parent. I wish someone would tell them this.
Here You are better off on Welfare than working. But if you go back to school while on welfare to try and better yourself they cut you off.
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