How to cut the UK’s rising prosperity bill

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Spending on the welfare of Britain cannot be used. There is an office for budget liability estimated The total costs of the country’s benefits will increase from 25 percent to £ 2030. This increased by 1.2 percent in ten years, increasing pension payments increased by 2.2 percent to a percentage of pension payments and work age health. Expanding costs are partially related to the inevitable result of the aging population, as well as modern diseases related to obesity and mental health. However, the defective welfare system of the country also adds the tab unnecessarily.

Britain’s benefit payments were met with consistent governments. The former voice lifts the costs of retreating without political damage and to cut the costs and violates the effectiveness of the system. Instead of behaving as a safety network, the balances are no inefficiently, there may be a trap. This makes it impossible. As in, the government has already struggled to meet the financial rules and the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has a commitment to increase defense costs.

The government is then appointed planning plans for the overhaul of health and disability benefits this month. Those who are unable to work and their job status include payments and individual independence payments for individual independence payments for those with health conditions or disabilities.

What improvements can be made? First, the government should re-approve support for the proposal. For example, a person outside of work can get twice as much as a severe patient’s health is just unemployed. This difference creates a distorted promotion to be classified as patient and unable to work.

As for the pips, even the government is the government to make a haste change reported to be mullingwidespread pains. It is better to ensure that the rights are actually appreciated due to additional costs facing amateurship. Payments cannot do, mostly because the system does not leave the system open for the game. The appeal also combines the benefits of benefits to PIPs and increases the likelihood of regulation.

Second, the further efforts should be forced to take people return to work and outside of health benefits. According to him, 1 percent of the highest incompetence benefits 1 percent Resolution fund. The proportion of people who remain on pipe payments for a longer period also rose over time. In general, it should be more than re-evaluations to make re-evaluation changes to highly emphasize for medical examination and employment opportunities to find employment opportunities. This requires a little money to put back to the welfare system for personnel. Benefits can increase the number of people leaving the system and can be saved in billions in a long run.

There are also other avenues to save outside the benefits of health and disability. The government must reform the “triple lock” on state pensions that guarantee state pensions, general payments, inflation, inflation in the UK’s generosity, inflation, inflation and 2.5 percent. This is not a continuous or fair agreement for employees. Institute of Financial Research estimated If the mechanism is merged, it can only be saved for £ 40 billion until earnings growth.

The government should also recognize that some solutions lie outside the welfare system. The apartment benefit requirement is controlled by the lack of favorable housing. Health-related payments lead to an increase in cases of increasing mental illness and chronic disease. Require health and social improvement. It is not easy to deposit from the well-being. Require political will, detail and a single approach. However, the charm for fast cuts – a significant disconnection of gifts or increasing compliance criteria – the long-term bill will not disappear.