Retirees or those on disability benefit are biggest annual winners, while large families are £4,600 worse off, says Resolution FoundationPensioners and people on disability benefits are the winners from radical changes to the welfare system made by the Tories over the last decade, while working-age families are losing out by thousands of pounds every year, according to a report by the Resolution Foundation.The Conservatives’ 14-year overhaul of social security has shifted spending away from children and housing to supporting elderly people, and broken the link between entitlement and need for some of the poorest households in the country, the report says. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/society/article/2024/jun/13/tory-welfare-reform-cost-working-age-families-thousands-while-pensioners-benefited-report
Author : Hazel Sheffield
Publish date : 2024-06-13 06:01:16
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