Britain’s welfare state offers little protection for workers
Pandemic-era measures changed that, but only temporarily
“PICTURE THIS,” said Rishi Sunak, the chancellor, on October 4th, before describing a young family keen to provide the best for their children. “Is the answer to their hopes and dreams just to increase their benefits?” The response “no” was implied in his speech and demonstrated by his government’s actions, as just two days later it cut universal credit, a benefit for low-income households, by around £20 ($27) a week.
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Britain October 9th 2021
- Wages are rising in Britain, but so are prices and taxes
- The government wants to boost British startups through immigration
- What Sarah Everard’s murder means for the Metropolitan Police
- Britain’s welfare state offers little protection for workers
- The lamps are going out all over Britain
- Britain’s trees are being felled by diseases
- The Tories are deadly serious about levelling up
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