Welfare Weight

[gWaPito]

Anyone yet to be convinced of the urgent need to cut Britain's benefits bill only has to look at today's goverment figures.

A staggering £22 million is spent on handouts an HOUR. An unsustainable £47.6 billion in just three months.

The sheer weight of welfare spending threatens to sink efforts to cut the deficit, the primary goal of the coalition goverment.

David Cameron has repeatedly promised sweeping reforms.
He's fond of head line grabbing plans, such as stopping housing benefit for the young.

But they're just ideas, he knows anything so radical will be torpedoed, just like the minimum £ 26k to bring in a partner from outside European Union by his Lib Dem partners.

That's why after two years in power the bill is still soaring.

Along with the eye watering borrowing needed to pay it

Reference The Sun July 21 2012

[joebloggs]

dont believe a word the SUN SAYS, dont let it get to you

[lastlid]

Solution. To keep the unsympathetic "I'm alright jacks" happy. Up the minimum income requirement to £200,000 per annum and the savings requirement to £5 million. And extend existing ILR time to 20 years. Cancel british citizenship for those who have completed ILR requirements and seriously consider repealing historical cases.

[joebloggs]

Solution. To keep the unsympathetic "I'm alright jacks" happy. Up the minimum income requirement to £200,000 per annum and the savings requirement to £5 million. And extend existing ILR time to 20 years. Cancel british citizenship for those who have completed ILR requirements and seriously consider repealing historical cases.

so you've had a sneak preview of the Tories next manifesto too

[lastlid]

so you've had a sneak preview of the Tories next manifesto to

[Dedworth]

Looking online the Sun piece doesn't mention spouse visa requirements
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...-judgment.html

Welfare weight

ANYONE yet to be convinced of the urgent need to cut Britain’s benefits bill only has to look at today’s government figures.

A staggering £22million is spent on handouts an HOUR. An unsustainable £47.6billion in just three months.

The sheer weight of welfare spending threatens to sink efforts to cut the deficit — the primary goal of this Coalition government.

David Cameron has repeatedly promised sweeping reforms.

He’s fond of headline-grabbing plans, such as stopping housing benefit for the young.

But they’re just ideas — he knows anything so radical will be torpedoed by his Lib Dem partners.

That’s why after two years in power the bill is still soaring.

Along with the eye-watering borrowing needed to pay it.

I believe that too much benefit money goes to fraudsters, shysters and the bone idle making it harder for genuine cases to get what they deserve. I think we need a savage crackdown on these people with custodial sentences for those making false claims.

[lastlid]

But they're just ideas, he knows anything so radical will be torpedoed, just like the minimum £ 26k to bring in a partner from outside European Union by his Lib Dem partners.

Looking online the Sun piece doesn't mention spouse visa requirements

Yes, but the thread opener does.

[gWaPito]

Totally agree with Dedworth

Its nothing to do with being unsympathetic and being one the 'Im alright Jack' brigade

Morally whats wrong with being able to stand on your own and pay your own way in the world without relying on others to put there hand in there pocket.

Goodness, its like me going out and buying a Porsche on finance and then expect others to pay the monthly instalments.

The idea of the minimum wage amount is to relieve the public purse of some pressure not, inflict misery.

The reason I posted this thread was because I was actually shocked to learn (apologies, im being my ignorant self again ) that the goverment has to borrow to pay its commitments ie Benefits

How on earth can this country sustain that amount of debt before, like Greece before, the brown stuff hits the fan?

This country, going by what ive read today is going down the tubes for future generations to come....what a tragic tragic read

There was brown nose brown saying for years about being prudent..the man doesn't know the meaning of the word at least, not until it came to his own personal money.

The half billion a year saving on handouts by making minimum wage of £18k is just going to be a drop in the ocean compared to our deficit.

[gWaPito]

Yes, but the thread opener does.

I added that just to show how the Lib Dems saved alot more misery..many own them big time....a life time voting Lib Dem would suffice.

[lastlid]

The half billion a year saving on handouts by making minimum wage of £18k is just going to be a drop in the ocean compared to our deficit.

Exactly.