Welfare pays more than work for 600,000 households in Britain as critics slam £155bn benefits budget
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Welfare pays more than work for 600,000 households in Britain as critics slam £155bn benefits budget.
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Welfare paid more than work for 600,000 households in Britain as critics have slammed a ballooning £155billion benefits budget.The figures show that 635,218 households were each given more than £32,000 in welfare payouts last year, the average annual salary of a British worker after tax, despite the introduction of a benefits cap.
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And the new analysis has revealed that 16,000 of those households receive more than £60,000 in welfare.The analysis, conducted by the Conservative Party, is set to bolster calls to overhaul the £155billion benefits budget and reform of the welfare cap, as welfare spending is set to dwarf the defence budget.
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