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UK spent more than £1 trillion more on welfare than infrastructure in past 20 years

The report comes as Chancellor John Healey faces pressure to reduce welfare spending at his Budget later this month

Evening Standard · 1h ago

Revealed: Britain spent £1.1 trillion more on benefits than investment in transport, homes and technology

The Centre for Social Justice said welfare had acted as an ‘anaesthetic that has kept areas of the country numbed during two decades of economic failure’

The Independent UK · 1h ago

Gen Z workers more likely to pull a sickie than older employees, new poll suggests

Poll suggests younger workers are more likely to call in sick to cover a late night or hangover compared to those aged over 55

The Independent UK · Aug 29

‘You’re a politician, not a celebrity’, Iain Duncan Smith tells Matt Hancock

The Westminster village gave a bad review to Matt Hancock’s trip to the I’m a Celebrity jungle last night. Tory grandee Iain Duncan Smith, far right, wasn’t impressed. “It’s up to him but I don’t agree with it,” he told us at a Centre for Social Justice event. “You’re a…

Evening Standard · Nov 2, 2022

DWP Universal Credit claimants could get £700 emergency cash boost from end of June

The move would mean 4.2 million households would gain an average of £729 a year

Nottingham Post · May 22, 2022

DWP emergency £700 cash boost proposed from end of June for those on Universal Credit

Other options put forward include bringing back the £20-a-week uplift paid during the pandemic

Chronicle Live · May 22, 2022