@ISIDEWITHQuestionseconomyStarted 11yrs agoActive 4 days ago

Should there be fewer or more restrictions on current welfare benefits?

In 2021/22 the UK government is expected to spend approximately 216 billion British pounds on benefits, an increase of around three million pounds when compared with the previous year. A single unemployed adult aged 25 or over receives a monthly benefit payment of 325 pounds ($439). In January 2022 the British government announced it would tighten rules for some people claiming unemployment benefits. Currently job seekers receiving state benefits can spend up to three months looking purely for work similar to their previous job, but this will soon be reduced to four weeks, the Department for Work and Pensions said.

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31%
Fewer
65%
More
19%
Fewer
44%
More
9%
Fewer, and ensure benefits go to those that need it most
11%
More, reform the system so that it supplements, rather than replaces, a working income
2%
Fewer, current benefits do not provide enough support
6%
More, but increase benefits for the elderly and disabled
3%
More, and deny benefits to immigrants
1%
More, current benefits should be capped

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 @92LWBYXanswered…3yrs3Y

Reform to a universal basic income

 @8SK6DMWanswered…4yrs4Y

It should be stricter on the basis of excluding those with self inflicted matters that mean that they cannot work. Such as those who are obese, take drugs or alcoholic. Why should the state support those who don’t help themselves.

 @9C99LL9answered…2yrs2Y

remove all means testing on Benefits

 @94JPB6Wanswered…2yrs2Y

fewer and raise welfare benefits inline with inflation

 @B2HB7NJanswered…4 days4D

Benefit system needs a complete overhaul, some benefits are being abused, some benefits are not being distributed to people who should be getting them

 @B2GQ4CWanswered…6 days6D

increase benefits for elderly, disabled and provide more help to parents so that one parent can focus on childcare for the first few years without worrying about money. Non-citizens should never be allowed any benefits, including NHS.

 @B2DDLC2answered…1wk1W

Make it easier for the elderly and disabled, remove someone's benefits if they are convicted of a violent or sexual crime, or for drug dealers or traffickers and deny benefits to immigrants

 @B26XF48answered…1mo1MO

More restrictions. Uk citizens should get first priority. Also a cap in force so that people dont take the p***.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…1mo1MO

German Economy Nears Collapse As Election Nears

Presenting the CDU/CSU’s manifesto on Tuesday. Merz said he would make savings of €100bn by reducing spending on migration and welfare. He also promised tax cuts and lower electricity prices to kick-start the economy, stuck in its first two-year contraction since the early 2000s. Meanwhile, the SPD and Greens pledged to reform Germany’s “debt brake”, its constitutional cap on new borrowing, saying the country needed to invest billions of euros in its ramshackle infrastructure and the green transition.Meanwhile, the SPD and Greens pledged to reform Germany’s “debt brake”, its constitutional cap on new borrowing, saying the country needed to invest billions of euros in its ramshackle infrastructure and the green transition. Some observers worry Scholz’s televised intervention could end up setting the tone for the rest of the contest. Even the Greens, his allies in government, expressed disapproval. “One is sometimes surprised by his choice of words,” said Franziska Brantner, the Greens co-leader. Germany is not used to rambunctious, no-holds-barred elections. Under Scholz’s predecessor Angela Merkel, who governed Germany from 2005-2021, campaigns were soporific affairs, lacking the cut and thrust and spectacle often seen in US contests. But Merz is an altogether different politician. Critics routinely describe him as irascible and touchy, given to intemperate outbursts that delight his fans but can put off more moderate voters. But even his detractors admit his powerful oratory can get under Scholz’s skin. Scholz, too, has changed his tone. As chancellor of a fragile, three-party coalition made up of SPD, Greens and the liberal Free Democrats, he cultivated a decidedly restrained, taciturn style. But that changed in November when he sacked his liberal finance minister, Christian Lindner, triggering the break-up of the coalition after just three years. He has since become a lot more combative. In the vote of confidence debate he accused the liberals of “sabotaging the work of the government” and Lindner of lacking the “necessary moral maturity” required to govern.

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