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Post by Totheleft on Feb 8, 2024 2:10:53 GMT
1.36 million people aged 16+ were unemployed, revised down from 1.46 million. The unemployment rate (the proportion of the economically active population aged 16+ who were unemployed) was 3.9%, www.statista.com/statistics/298908/united-kingdom-uk-public-sector-expenditure-unemployment-benefits/Government spending on unemployment benefits in the UK 2009-2023 Jul 25, 2023 — T Employment in the UK: September 2023 Estimates of employment, unemployment and economic inactivity for the UK.l Unemployment The unemployment rate had generally been falling from late 2013 until the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Thereafter it increased until the end of 2020 but had returned to pre-pandemic rates. However, the unemployment rate has increased in the latest quarter, with the largest quarterly increase since September to November 2020. Increases in economic inactivity in the first year of the pandemic were largely driven by those aged 16 to 24 years, while more recent increases were driven by those aged 50 to 64 years (Figure 6). The increase in the latest quarter (May to July 2023) was driven by those aged 16 to 24 years. 9.25 million people aged 16-64 were economically inactive, revised up from 8.68 million.16 Jan 2024 The increase in the inactivity rate was partially offset by a decrease among those aged 25 to 64 years The increase in economic inactivity during the latest quarter was driven by those inactive because they are students, long-term sick or for other reasons UK economic inactivity by reason, people aged 16 to 64 years, seasonally adjusted, cumulative change 2019 to February 2020, for each period up to May to July 2023 The increase in economic inactivity since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic had been largely driven by those who were students and the long-term sick The increase in economic inactivity during the latest quarter (May to July 2023) was driven by those inactive because they were students or inactive for other reasons. Those inactive because they were long-term sick also increased to another record high. Those inactive because they were looking after family or home decreased to a record low. Redundancies In May to July 2023, the number of people reporting redundancy in the three months prior to interview increased by 0.3 per thousand employees compared with the previous quarter, to 3.6 per thousand employees The redundancy rate increased in the latest quarter, but is still below pre-pandemic levels UK redundancy rate, people aged 16 years and over, seasonally adjusted, between May to July 2008 and May to July 2023 The expenditure on unemployment benefits in the United Kingdom was one billion British pounds in 2022/23, a decrease when compared with the previous year. |
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Post by Totheleft on Feb 8, 2024 4:06:00 GMT
How much is spent on benefits? In August 2023, 22.6 million people were claiming some form of benefits, in England, Scotland and Wales. In 2023-24, the government is expected to spend £265.5bn on paying pensions and benefits, just over half of which (£134.8bn) goes on benefits to pensioners.22 Nov 2023 www.bbc.co.uk › news › exp... Benefits: Who gets them and how much do they cost? - BBC News There were 12.6 million people receiving the State Pension at February 2023, an increase of 140,000 on a year earlier. In December 2018, the State Pension Age was raised above 65 for both men and women, initially resulting in fewer new claims.15 Aug 2023 www.gov.uk › government DWP benefits statistics: August 2023 - GOV.UK Your State Pension amount depends on your National Insurance record. The full new State Pension is £203.85 per week. The only reasons you can get more than the full State Pension are if: you have over a certain amount of Additional State Pension you defer (delay) taking your State Pension If you reached State Pension age before 6 April 2016, you’ll get a different amount under the basic State Pension rules. You can still get a State Pension if you have other income like a personal pension or a workplace pension. You might have to pay tax on your State Pension. A couple who both receive the full state pension will pocket £21,200 this year (£10,600 each) – a valuable source of income to support you in old age. As the government kept its pledge to maintain the triple lock, this figure will rise to £23,004 (£11,502 each) from April. How much is spent on benefits? In August 2023, 22.6 million people were claiming some form of benefits, in England, Scotland and Wales. In 2023-24, the government is expected to spend £265.5bn on paying pensions and benefits, just over half of which (£134.8bn) goes on benefits to pensioners.22 Nov 2023 Lets see what other State handouts the Tax payer pays for pensioners on top of the £134.8bn They Receive of the tax payer. Winter Fuel Payment? Winter Fuel Payment is an annual tax-free payment for households that include someone born on or before 24 September 1957 (for 2023-24). It's designed to help you cover your heating costs in winter How much Winter Fuel Payment could I get? If you were born on or before 24 September 1957, you could get up to £600 to help with your bills in winter this year. The exact amount depends on your age and whether other people in your household also qualify. In 2022/23 the government of the United Kingdom is expected to spend approximately 2.05 billion British pounds on the winter fuel payment, a state benefit intended to help people over a certain age pay their winter energy bills. Amazing seeing the Government only Spend[The expenditure on unemployment benefits in the United Kingdom was one billion British pounds ] Plus on top of the Winter Fuel bills. a £300 Pensioner Cost of Living Payment for households that receive the Winter Fuel Payment. This is a top-up to your Winter Fuel Payment in November/December. How much Housing Benefit could I get? Housing Benefit is a means-tested benefit, so the amount you get depends on your income and how much you have in savings. It also depends on: who you live with how much rent you pay how many rooms you have in your home whether you get disability or carer’s benefits (such as Carer’s Allowance, Attendance Allowance or Personal Independence Payment). Can I get more money off my Council Tax bill? As well as Council Tax Support, there are other exemptions and discounts that might apply to you. You might be able to get money off your Council Tax bill if: you live alone you're a carer you or someone you live with has a severe mental impairment, such as dementia or a learning difficulty there are adaptations in your home that make it suitable for someone with a disability who lives there you have another person living with you who isn't your partner and is on a low income your property is empty – for example, you've gone into hospital or moved into a care home where you're living isn't your main residence there's an issue, such as a flood, which may be covered by a discretionary discount offered by some councils. |
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Post by Totheleft on Feb 8, 2024 4:49:03 GMT
Let's not Forget that Millionaires get States pension what's based on there NI Contribution not income tax. 22% of households headed by a pensioner had assets of £1 million or more.that 22% of households headed by a pensioner had assets of £1 million or more. By another measure, 27% of pensioners live in millionaire households, whether or not they are the head. By another measure, 27% of pensioners live in millionaire households, whether or not they are the head. About 15% of pensioners are living in households below relative poverty line. That is still 1.7 million That does, of course, leave a lot of pensioners in the gap between the 27% of millionaires and the 15% in poverty. Add to this that pensioners, without any means test, can benefit from a senior rail card, free bus pass, free prescriptions and the winter fuel payment, Over a half of people in poverty lived in a family where at least one adult is in work (54%). Over two thirds of children in poverty lived in a working family (71%). In 2021/22, 6 million people – or four in ten of those in poverty – were in very deep poverty, with an income far below the standard poverty line.23 Jan 2024 www.bigissue.com › news UK poverty: The facts, effects and solutions in the cost of living crisis |
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Post by Totheleft on Feb 8, 2024 5:30:05 GMT
On top of the nice State plus all the other Benefits the tax payer payes for Claiming your pension while working You can claim your pension while you’re working, as long as you’ve reached: State Pension age, if you’re claiming the State Pension the age agreed with your pension provider, if it’s a personal pension or workplace pension And before you windge I pay taxes on my State pension. Your pension Based on your NI Contribution Not your Income tax. Once you reach State Pension Age, you do not have to pay National Insurance Contributions Home WORKING AFTER PENSION AGE Body It now seems that many of us will have to work past State Pension Age to enjoy the quality of life we would like. An older woman working as a telephonist.If you choose to carry on working, your earnings will not reduce the pension you receive. However the combination of earnings and pension will increase your taxable income. So, if you are working and paying tax, your tax code will be adjusted to take into account the amount of pension you receive. Once you reach State Pension Age, you do not have to pay National Insurance Contributions (NICs). Information is available from The Pension Service - telephone 0800 587 0892. When you reach State Pension Age, you can choose whether or not you want to draw or defer your State Pension. There are various options available to people, for example they can draw their pension and either stop working or continue to work, or can defer their pension and continue or stop working. State Pension and Income Tax You are likely to have more than one tax code if you have: Two or more jobs at the same time Income from two or more pensions Income from a pension and a job There were 457,000 workers aged 65 and above in 2000, and now there are 1.43 million workers in the same age group with 566,000 of these additional workers due to the increase in the size of the population aged 65+ over the last 23 years.30 Oct 2023 ageing-better.org.uk › news Almost one million more workers aged 65 and above since the ... All that top of £134.8bn And Some Right wingers call the Unemployed when the Government only. Spends 1Billion on Unemployment. Then there the hefty Burden pensioners Put on. The Health Service. |
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Post by Pacifico on Feb 8, 2024 7:44:58 GMT
It appears that some in the establishment are beginning to learn - if only it had been somewhat sooner we might not have so many reliant on welfare.
Rishi Sunak must slash the benefits bill and get more people working instead of relying on immigration to reduce Britain’s debts, a senior official at the UK’s budget watchdog has said.
David Miles, an executive member of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), said waves of new migrants would not solve Britain’s fiscal crisis and were likely to pile pressure on public services.
Writing for The Telegraph, Mr Miles described welfare reforms that encouraged more people back to work as “unambiguously beneficial” for the economy, adding that a drive to increase employment was “particularly great” for younger people suffering from mental health issues.
By contrast, the Imperial College professor said it was “much less clear that persistently high levels of net immigration to boost the labour force can generate sustained fiscal improvements”.
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Post by Totheleft on Feb 8, 2024 10:57:04 GMT
It appears that some in the establishment are beginning to learn - if only it had been somewhat sooner we might not have so many reliant on welfare. Rishi Sunak must slash the benefits bill and get more people working instead of relying on immigration to reduce Britain’s debts, a senior official at the UK’s budget watchdog has said.
David Miles, an executive member of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), said waves of new migrants would not solve Britain’s fiscal crisis and were likely to pile pressure on public services.
Writing for The Telegraph, Mr Miles described welfare reforms that encouraged more people back to work as “unambiguously beneficial” for the economy, adding that a drive to increase employment was “particularly great” for younger people suffering from mental health issues.
By contrast, the Imperial College professor said it was “much less clear that persistently high levels of net immigration to boost the labour force can generate sustained fiscal improvements”.
Let's look at what pressure the biggest expenditure to public Services the NHS. Hospitals remain under significant pressure with bed occupancy at the second highest level recorded this winter last week, new figures show today. More than 19 in 20 beds were occupied across adult general and acute hospital wards (95.7%) in the week ending 15 January, according to the weekly statistics. Over 14,000 beds were taken up by patients who no longer needed to be there last week – the second highest ever recorded and 12% higher than the same period last year (12,498). What problems arise due to bed blocking? The obvious issues are overcrowding in A&Es and ambulances queuing outside, patients unable to attend for more routine treatments and surgeries and The term, also known as bed blocking, is used to describe patients - mostly elderly - who are occupying a hospital bed they do not strictly need, often because the next stage of their care has not been organised. waiting times for discharge home. Cost £2bn-a-year. Adult social care funding has been under pressure for several years. Factors which have contributed to this include: Demographic pressures: the number of older people (the group most likely to need social care) is rising faster than the population as a whole I will.be looking at how much money the Government spends on Social care for the Elderly. Later |
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Post by witchfinder on Feb 8, 2024 11:10:37 GMT
At the bottom of every beer cask is sediment, and at the bottom of the pile of the unemployed is the "Unemployable", not the Unemployed.
I personaly believe that no matter how much you pay, or by how much you cut benefits, there are people out there who just wont labour in a field picking vegetables, or work in a cold, wet meat packing room.
There are many people who just will not take up jobs which involve care work, wiping people arse's, bathing people, cleaning up after people.
The notion that by simply cutting benefits will force people into these kinds of jobs, is, in my opinion, a false assumption, and it wont work.
Instead, most of these people will take up black market work, cash in hand, or get involved in dodgy dealing of some kind.
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Post by Pacifico on Feb 8, 2024 11:40:38 GMT
It appears that some in the establishment are beginning to learn - if only it had been somewhat sooner we might not have so many reliant on welfare. Rishi Sunak must slash the benefits bill and get more people working instead of relying on immigration to reduce Britain’s debts, a senior official at the UK’s budget watchdog has said.
David Miles, an executive member of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), said waves of new migrants would not solve Britain’s fiscal crisis and were likely to pile pressure on public services.
Writing for The Telegraph, Mr Miles described welfare reforms that encouraged more people back to work as “unambiguously beneficial” for the economy, adding that a drive to increase employment was “particularly great” for younger people suffering from mental health issues.
By contrast, the Imperial College professor said it was “much less clear that persistently high levels of net immigration to boost the labour force can generate sustained fiscal improvements”.
Let's look at what pressure the biggest expenditure to public Services the NHS. Hospitals remain under significant pressure with bed occupancy at the second highest level recorded this winter last week, new figures show today. More than 19 in 20 beds were occupied across adult general and acute hospital wards (95.7%) in the week ending 15 January, according to the weekly statistics. Over 14,000 beds were taken up by patients who no longer needed to be there last week – the second highest ever recorded and 12% higher than the same period last year (12,498). What problems arise due to bed blocking? The obvious issues are overcrowding in A&Es and ambulances queuing outside, patients unable to attend for more routine treatments and surgeries and The term, also known as bed blocking, is used to describe patients - mostly elderly - who are occupying a hospital bed they do not strictly need, often because the next stage of their care has not been organised. waiting times for discharge home. Cost £2bn-a-year. Adult social care funding has been under pressure for several years. Factors which have contributed to this include: Demographic pressures: the number of older people (the group most likely to need social care) is rising faster than the population as a whole I will.be looking at how much money the Government spends on Social care for the Elderly. Later I have had personal experience of someone bed-blocking in the NHS within the last month - suffice to say that the relentless bureaucracy in the NHS is the largest driver of bed-blocking. |
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Post by Pacifico on Feb 8, 2024 11:43:06 GMT
At the bottom of every beer cask is sediment, and at the bottom of the pile of the unemployed is the "Unemployable", not the Unemployed. I personaly believe that no matter how much you pay, or by how much you cut benefits, there are people out there who just wont labour in a field picking vegetables, or work in a cold, wet meat packing room. There are many people who just will not take up jobs which involve care work, wiping people arse's, bathing people, cleaning up after people. The notion that by simply cutting benefits will force people into these kinds of jobs, is, in my opinion, a false assumption, and it wont work. Instead, most of these people will take up black market work, cash in hand, or get involved in dodgy dealing of some kind.
Maybe so, but with 6 million on out of work welfare and the numbers increasing month on month doing nothing is not sustainable. We are a relatively poor country and cannot afford to have that many people living of the State. |
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Post by Fairsociety on Feb 8, 2024 11:51:55 GMT
Care homes are causing a lot of bed blocking, when they are short staffed they off load the patients in to hospital, while still claiming care costs for them, they make sure they are brought out of hospital before the four week rule, because then they can't charge full fees, these care homes are raking it in, and using the NHS has their carers for FREE.
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Post by om15 on Feb 8, 2024 12:26:18 GMT
Perhaps not, but it would mean that we don't have to fund the largesse of the current benefits system, To argue that we should carry on supporting the feckless and workshy because otherwise they would lead a life of crime doesn't chime with me, I would rather the benefits money goes to pay for large prisons to put such people in when they decide that crime pays.
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Post by Totheleft on Feb 8, 2024 13:03:05 GMT
At the bottom of every beer cask is sediment, and at the bottom of the pile of the unemployed is the "Unemployable", not the Unemployed. I personaly believe that no matter how much you pay, or by how much you cut benefits, there are people out there who just wont labour in a field picking vegetables, or work in a cold, wet meat packing room. There are many people who just will not take up jobs which involve care work, wiping people arse's, bathing people, cleaning up after people. The notion that by simply cutting benefits will force people into these kinds of jobs, is, in my opinion, a false assumption, and it wont work. Instead, most of these people will take up black market work, cash in hand, or get involved in dodgy dealing of some kind.
Maybe so, but with 6 million on out of work welfare and the numbers increasing month on month doing nothing is not sustainable. We are a relatively poor country and cannot afford to have that many people living of the State. Your right we can't They why I suggested a means tested State Pension and a ending of the Triple Lock State Pension .especially them claiming State.pension.increasing By over 5%every year we simonly Can't afford it to go. On. But you what wingers with You Right Wingers with your no Sense of Reality Go up in Harms.over such a sensible suggestion.. |
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Post by Totheleft on Feb 8, 2024 13:09:39 GMT
Care homes are causing a lot of bed blocking, when they are short staffed they off load the patients in to hospital, while still claiming care costs for them, they make sure they are brought out of hospital before the four week rule, because then they can't charge full fees, these care homes are raking it in, and using the NHS has their carers for FREE. Yes I. Agree but who doing that roding The tax payers. That right your Milloonries Need i Say Any More. |
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Post by Fairsociety on Feb 8, 2024 13:32:25 GMT
Care homes are causing a lot of bed blocking, when they are short staffed they off load the patients in to hospital, while still claiming care costs for them, they make sure they are brought out of hospital before the four week rule, because then they can't charge full fees, these care homes are raking it in, and using the NHS has their carers for FREE. Yes I. Agree but who doing that roding The tax payers. That right your Milloonries Need i Say Any More. Anyone? |
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Post by The Squeezed Middle on Feb 8, 2024 14:39:31 GMT
Yes I. Agree but who doing that roding The tax payers. That right your Milloonries Need i Say Any More. Anyone? Yeah - damn those Milloonries.  |
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