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Nearly 1.5 million migrants on benefits (www.telegraph.co.uk)
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Nearly 1.5 million migrants on benefits Government figures reveal almost one in six Universal Credit claimants is not a British citizen

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[-] Naich@piefed.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Because that's the nature of insurance. You pay into it when you can and draw from it when you need to. It's also an indication of a civilised society when it looks after the less fortunate.

[-] Eyekaytee@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago

It’s also an indication of a civilised society when it looks after the less fortunate.

Yes when it has the capacity to do so, if the less fortunate outnumber the more fortunate eventually the society crumbles and you end up with a whole country full of less fortunates

Analysis by the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) suggests the increase in welfare spending this year alone is equivalent to 15 advanced Royal Navy frigates, 220 fighter jets, or 250,000 soldiers’ salaries, more than three times the size of the regular British Army.

New figures show the cost of benefits and pensions will climb to around £333 billion this year, an increase larger than the annual budgets of several government departments combined.

https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/newsroom/18bn-welfare-surge

Golly, is the UK ok?

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