To think benefits need to be cut to fund increased spending on defence

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This is absolutely necessary. Keir Starmer shouldnt have backed down the last time. But now with the current situation with Russia drastic steps need to be taken. We simply can't afford to sustain the current benefits bill with the armed forces so depleted. The money is needed to increase defence.

So you want benefits cut to make the economy smaller!?

I do think benefits needs an overhaul. It’s great we have a benefits system for those who really need it, but it’s too wide. Wage top ups from UC should only be for those working full time (which could be as little as 30 hours a week), part time working is a choice. PIP and DLA should be means tested, It’s ridiculous that households such as mine are eligible.

Need to stop free childcare/nursery hours for people who do not work

This needs saying again!

They pay them..... What makes you think they dont.

Meanwhile everyone comes to England, claim fake asylum or just not work and have plenty of children....

Oh yeah creating more poverty is absolutely a great idea 🤦‍♀️

Why is it the responsibility of poor people to pay for defence?

It doesn't bascislly cover your childcare.

You get a housing element, a adult person element, child element and a childcare element.

All those elements put together, minus your income....... And that's free money

Benefits need to be cut to fund everything- NHS,education, defence

I agree the benefits system needs an overhaul, but there always seems to be money available when needed eg the £4.5 billion for new cycle tracks and footpaths.

This and increase the taxes of the wealthy. The rich have become far richer over the last few decades.

Instead of sending all our young people to die in a war, we simply need to put each warmongering country’s leaders into a stadium and let them fight each other to death - they’d soon think twice about starting wars then.
I bet Donald ‘Draft-dodger’ Trump/Fart would soon back down.

That is to benefit the children as they are then less likely to start school behind their peers. It could be more costly in the long run to take that away.

Yeah let’s reopen the work houses that includes everyone who gets a state pension too, since state pension makes up over 50% of the welfare bill.
Fabulous idea!

Utter nonsense, can people stop looking down, try looking up there's much more to be gained there than taking from the lowest earners, sick, unemployed, pensions etc.

This isn't representative of all benefit claimants. There are an awful lot of people who have made a conscious decision to opt out of contributing to society and see benefits as an income. These people should absolutely be targeted and benefits should cease.

Ridiculous

Come on, admit how much rent a single parent pays the MOD compared to how much they would pay BTLer? They absolutely would be worse off losing their nearly free houses

Doesn’t anyone remember that there was no “black hole” of finances like Reeves claimed? They absolutely do have the money for defence but choose not too.

Of course everyone can work extra hours, hey how about lowering the minimum wage to £5 an hour and then people can work 24 hours a day, would that make you happy?

Yes state pension should absolutely be means tested!

You clearly have no idea what living in the real world on a basic wage is like

Fine. Give us our decades of NI contributions back then.

In theory yes but any increase to the minimum wage will likely lead to more unemployment

Before cutting benefits, how about investing in more tax inspectors, make sure that companies are paying as they should.

Why are offshore accounts allowed!?

Equalise tax from passive or unearned wealth with income tax.

Assess how much profit has been on the back of a company’s employees having to have low wages topped up by benefits. With a view to reclaiming it (nothing wrong with profit of course but how much is this costing in benefits?).