Which benefits would YOU cut?

  • The Prime Minister says he wants to end the ‘merry-go-round’ of workers being taxed before being given some of the money back in benefits.
  • But with around half of welfare spending including pensions and child benefits already protected from cuts, it is becoming increasingly difficult to identify areas to wield the axe.
  • Mr Cameron this week vowed to ‘double down’ on welfare reforms, including cutting the amount workless families can claim in benefits from £26,000 to £23,000.
  • Britain will spend £211billion on benefits and tax credits this year, up by around 20 per cent in the last decade.
  • Mr Cameron has also vowed that pensioner benefits including free bus passes, winter fuel allowance and TV licences will continue.

Source: Daily Mail