Quote Originally Posted by life on mars View Post
Welfare bill now stands at 212 billion pa up 20 million from last year , it appears to have risen year on year :

https://www.statista.com/statistics/...ure-in-the-uk/

Let not forgot the 400 billion that has supported people during Covid .

Worrying numbers .

Since your 10 years ago comparison, it has risen from 148 billion to 212 billion
Where to begin with this post...

Ok so what does your 148 billion to 212 billion represent? I'm guessing that's pensions included. So you have instant issues there, there's way more elderly than 11 years ago so most of that increase will have gone to them. You've also ignored inflation which is an incredibly basic mistake. Inflation since then has increased by around 27% so that in itself shows why the figure has risen but paired with more elderly mean the vulnerable and poor are getting less than in 2010.

We wouldn't have had to spend £400 billion on covid if the economy was more equal, paid a fairer wage and 14 million people in the country weren't living in poverty ffs.