|
|
Post by Fairsociety on Nov 18, 2022 12:06:46 GMT
People on benefits as far as I am aware have not had a rise in benefits for a long time, and it's not inline with inflation, in fact it's well below inflation, which means lots of people on benefits right now must be living below the poverty line, so he had to do something. welfare handouts always rise in line with inflation They were frozen
"Most working-age benefits usually increase every April, in line with the previous September's inflation rate. But between 2016 and 2020, most benefit increases were frozen".
|
|
|
|
Post by borchester on Nov 18, 2022 12:59:51 GMT
welfare handouts always rise in line with inflation They were frozen
"Most working-age benefits usually increase every April, in line with the previous September's inflation rate. But between 2016 and 2020, most benefit increases were frozen".
Sometimes things are so bad folk start to think about getting a job........... |
|
|
|
Post by andrewbrown on Nov 18, 2022 13:34:38 GMT
People on benefits as far as I am aware have not had a rise in benefits for a long time, and it's not inline with inflation, in fact it's well below inflation, which means lots of people on benefits right now must be living below the poverty line, so he had to do something. welfare handouts always rise in line with inflation I'm afraid you are incorrect there. Only disability benefits are legislated to rise by inflation. Working age welfare benefits are at the discretion of the secretary of state. Hence the discussions in recent weeks as to whether benefits would rise by inflation or not. Not only have welfare benefits not increased by the rate of inflation for working age, but they have in some instances been actively cut. Housing benefit (and housing costs for UC) was reduced from 50th percentile of local rents to 30th percentile.And then frozen at those rates whilst rents increase. The £30 work group allowance for ESA was cut. The introduction of bedroom tax and benefit cap has also led to a reduction for many (and the benefit cap was reduced too). The idea that benefits increase by the rate of inflation every year is totally incorrect. |
|
|
|
Post by andrewbrown on Nov 18, 2022 13:35:30 GMT
They were frozen
"Most working-age benefits usually increase every April, in line with the previous September's inflation rate. But between 2016 and 2020, most benefit increases were frozen".
Sometimes things are so bad folk start to think about getting a job........... What percentage of benefit claimants do you think are job seeking? 😉 |
|
|
|
Post by steppenwolf on Nov 18, 2022 13:47:16 GMT
Its almost as if posters on this forum (and some on the Tory back benches - I saw Rees Mogg being interviewed yesterday) have completely airbrushed the utter disaster of the Truss "mini-budget" from their minds and are now advocating the same disastrous policies. Have the people of the UK not suffered enough from this ridiculous dogma -I think she is reckoned to have cost the country £30bn in a few weeks. I think you're being a bit naive. The policies were not "disastrous" - in fact they were never even implemented. The "city" decided that it was an opportunity to make money by shorting Sterling because Kwarteng had neglected to get his borrowing costed by the OBR (who's predictions are almost always wrong anyway). The main policies in the Truss/Kwarteng budget - i.e. the ones that cost the most money, like support for fuel bills - are still the policies of the current PM/Chancellor. The policies were fine but Truss made a mistake (also naive) in that she gave the market an opportunity to make money and they jumped on it, driving Sterling down. That's what they do. What leaves a bad smell about this is that Sunak has a lot of connections in the City and had said that Truss's policies would cause Sterling depreciation and interest rate rises - which they didn't need to if implemented properly. So Sunak got Truss removed and himself illegitimately made PM. This is all stinks because Dominic Cummings had said that he was going to get Boris removed and replaced by Sunak. And he's also, at the same time, quite possibly destroyed the Conservative Party. There's a lot more going on than you think. |
|
|
|
Post by steppenwolf on Nov 18, 2022 13:48:12 GMT
Its almost as if posters on this forum (and some on the Tory back benches - I saw Rees Mogg being interviewed yesterday) have completely airbrushed the utter disaster of the Truss "mini-budget" from their minds and are now advocating the same disastrous policies. Have the people of the UK not suffered enough from this ridiculous dogma -I think she is reckoned to have cost the country £30bn in a few weeks. I think you're being a bit naive. The policies were not "disastrous" - in fact they were never even implemented. The "city" decided that it was an opportunity to make money by shorting Sterling because Kwarteng had neglected to get his borrowing costed by the OBR (whose predictions are almost always wrong anyway). The main policies in the Truss/Kwarteng budget - i.e. the ones that cost the most money, like support for fuel bills - are still the policies of the current PM/Chancellor. The policies were fine but Truss made a mistake (also naive) in that she gave the market an opportunity to make money and they jumped on it, driving Sterling down. That's what they do. What leaves a bad smell about this is that Sunak has a lot of connections in the City and had said that Truss's policies would cause Sterling depreciation and interest rate rises - which they didn't need to if implemented properly. So Sunak got Truss removed and himself illegitimately made PM. This is all stinks because Dominic Cummings had said that he was going to get Boris removed and replaced by Sunak. And he's also, at the same time, quite possibly destroyed the Conservative Party. There's a lot more going on than you think. |
|
|
|
Post by Pacifico on Nov 18, 2022 17:33:26 GMT
welfare handouts always rise in line with inflation I'm afraid you are incorrect there. Only disability benefits are legislated to rise by inflation. Working age welfare benefits are at the discretion of the secretary of state. Hence the discussions in recent weeks as to whether benefits would rise by inflation or not. Not only have welfare benefits not increased by the rate of inflation for working age, but they have in some instances been actively cut. Housing benefit (and housing costs for UC) was reduced from 50th percentile of local rents to 30th percentile.And then frozen at those rates whilst rents increase. The £30 work group allowance for ESA was cut. The introduction of bedroom tax and benefit cap has also led to a reduction for many (and the benefit cap was reduced too). The idea that benefits increase by the rate of inflation every year is totally incorrect. I stand corrected. |
|
|
|
Post by bancroft on Nov 20, 2022 14:00:45 GMT
The criticisms I have read are about lack of measures to improve the economy, one was removing VAT from tourist purchases to encourafe more tourism to the UK.
The second was about giving tax breaks for R & D work in business.
|
|
