kevo
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- Mar 8, 2008
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...it includes pensions and working people's tax credits, not just JSA, disability allowance and housing benefit. And the increase in spending is largely caused by the huge increases in rents and the growing numbers of pensioners.
Wherever you stand on the austerity debate, this is a brilliant and illuminating article:
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/dec/16/welfare-cuts-government-coalition-benefits
Wherever you stand on the austerity debate, this is a brilliant and illuminating article:
http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/dec/16/welfare-cuts-government-coalition-benefits
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