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The Funniest #banbenefits Tweets

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 08.04.2013 | UK Comedy
Read More: Jokes, Iain Duncan Smith Welfare Bill, Disability Allowance, Twitter, Benefit System, Welfare Reform, Funny Tweets, Pics & Giggles, Spoof Tweets, Unemployment Benefits, Housing Benefit, UK Welfare, Iain Duncan Smith, George Osborne, UK Comedy News

A tip of the hat to Twitter's fine Daily Mail spoof account @DMReporter, which outdid itself on Sunday when it launched the hashtag #banbenefits with ...

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The Problem with the Benefit System

Lewis Shepherd | Posted 22.01.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Taxes, Benefit Claims, Benefits, Poverty, Unemployment, Benefit System, Tax, Graduate Unemployment, Unemployment Benefits, Benefit Scroungers, Poverty Rate, Benefit Thieves, UK Lifestyle News
Lewis Shepherd

Over the years I've been guilty myself of indulging in one of these rants about those on benefits, but more recently I have found myself without any form of support from working or through the benefit system.

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Iain Duncan Smith Calls For Cuts To 'Destructive' Benefits

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.10.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Dwp, Benefits, Welfare System, Benefit System, Budget, UK Pols, Cambridge Think Tank, Iain Duncan Smith, George Osborne, Welfare Reforms, Work and Pensions, UK Politics News

Iain Duncan Smith is to say some benefits promote "destructive" behaviour, as the government seeks to make massive further cuts to welfare. Chancel...

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Universal Credit Will Create a Benefits System We Are All Proud Of

Lord Freud | Posted 03.12.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Welfare, Benefits, Universal Credit, Benefit System, Welfare Reform, Lord Freud, UK Politics, UK Politics News
Lord Freud

Universal Credit will create a benefits system that will secure the safety net we are all proud of - with £2 billion a year more in benefits paid out and around 900,000 children and adults being lifted out of poverty - and ensure people are actively helped by the Welfare State into independence. Currently the system actively holds people back from getting into work and we have a duty to stop this.

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