I see reported that Dishi has made 3 u-turns already and hearing talk of a law being brought in to limit the right of some public service sectors to strike, I predict a 4th coming along soon
Here's something to get your teeth into Rishi :-
"Britain’s worklessness crisis is being fuelled by a benefits system anomaly that encourages people to work just two days a week, it can be disclosed.
The Telegraph understands there is deep concern inside the Treasury that the current system allows claimants to unlock thousands of pounds in extra benefits if they earn as little as £658 a month. An anomaly in the welfare programme means someone on Universal Credit could receive a total income of nearly £45,000 a year for doing the equivalent of two days’ work in a low-paid job. To take home the same amount after tax, someone not on benefits would have to earn nearly £62,000 a year" . . . .
. . . . "To see how much of a disincentive from working there is, The Telegraph analysed how much some benefits claimants stood to make if they increased their work hours from two to three days a week on the National Living Wage.
This showed that a single-mother-of-two, paying £2,000 a month in rent in London, would receive £36,663 a year in tax-free Universal Credit if she worked 16 hours a week at £9.50 an hour – bringing her gross income to £44,567.60. But if she decided to work three days a week instead of two, because she would lose some of her Universal Credit entitlement, her gross income would only edge up by £2,172 a year to £46,348 - equivalent to £34 extra a week. Add in childcare and transport costs, and the money she earned from that third day of work would be wiped out.
The disincentive to work is almost as strong for couples with children. If each parent works for one day a week, they could expect to take home a joint income of £46,856, of which almost £39,000 would be paid from the public purse. But if those parents worked three days a week between them, their gross income would also only increase by £34 a week" . . . .
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/12/09/britains-jobless-crisis-fuelled-benefits-loophole-encourages/As one of a lefter feeling, I am staggered to see these figures. No wonder the UK finds itself dancing with economic ruin . .
