Очікується, що в 2021/22 році уряд Великобританії витратить приблизно 216 мільярдів британських фунтів стерлінгів на пільги, що приблизно на три мільйони фунтів більше, ніж у попередньому році. Самотній безробітний дорослий віком від 25 років отримує щомісячну допомогу в розмірі 325 фунтів (439 доларів). У січні 2022 року британський уряд оголосив, що посилить правила для деяких людей, які претендують на допомогу з безробіття. Наразі шукачі роботи, які отримують державну допомогу, можуть витрачати до трьох місяців на суто пошуки роботи, схожої на свою попередню роботу, але незабаром цей термін скоротиться до чотирьох тижнів, повідомили в Департаменті праці та пенсій.
There are several issues that have been rolled up in this issue. Firstly it is not about how much is spent on welfare benefits it is about what those on welfare need to survive. Poor housing leads to poor health physical and mental - However the cost of housing bears no relationship to its quality. We need to build council houses in expensive areas with rents affordable to people of limited means; Given we may never be able to build enough such house the actual rent charged should be means dependent.
The government should not be subsidizing private Industry but insisting that pay their staff a living wage. This would reduce the benefits bill. However all children, no matter the size of their family should get support from the state to ensure that they are not impoverished
Replace working income for those with genuine health issues which mean they cannot work (with signed doctor approval), otherwise more reform so it supplements a working income.
@T6F3Q2Ліберально-демократична3 роки3Y
Loopholes should be closed but for those legitimately claiming it doesn't provide enough support, but should never replace a working income.
@Q575QV3 роки3Y
Government should be doing more to relocate people with a desire to work and therefore reduce the overall burden of welfare on the rest of society.
@Q55X8J3 роки3Y
Benefits should be no more than the minimum wage of a full time worker, and only in place for those who truly need it
@Q559PC3 роки3Y
Not all benefits should be targeted as they are being. Disability benefits in particular are being targeted too harshly.
@Q54W883 роки3Y
minimum wage should be significantly increased (perhaps varying by job type) in return no benefits paid to workers but instead money paid to businesses as a per employee-on-mimimum-wage incentive. The incentives to a businesses would reduce as the businesses became more profitable.
@Q54D5W3 роки3Y
Benefits should be case based with greater one-to-one care and attention
@Q4NHND3 роки3Y
Criteria for claiming should be reviewed and we have to create more jobs and jobs with a living wage
@Q4B8NJ3 роки3Y
There should be much more scrutiny of claimants both deserving and undeserving.
@Q3WYQG3 роки3Y
There's no easy answer to benefits. SOme people in dire need slip through the cracks, other learn to play the system. And sudden cut-off caps and limits discourage people from moving into the jobs market because a little improvement in wages leads to a huge cut in benefits
@PXFL6R3 роки3Y
Looking for fraud in the benefit system should be confined to just that, not penalising everyone.
@PVZHQ53 роки3Y
The punitive restrictions should be less harsh, and used only when all other potential situations have been fully explored and reasonably implemented.
The financial assistance offered should be raised to a sensible level (one where people aren't left in needless poverty), and there should be more practical support than just financial aid offered to those that need it.
