Yes, changes could be made to his plans – and probably will be. But the Chancellor is on the right side of a big, vital argument.
At least in terms of how their incomes are affected by taxes and benefits.
Starting with Jobcentres, prisons and ambulances, there’s a long list of dysfunctional services that need fixing.
After taxes and benefits are accounted for, more of them are gaining from the state than used to be the case.
From opposing the benefits cap to seeking to squeeze more tax out of small businesses, his ideas would destroy jobs.
“We know that nearly 70 per cent of people on it genuinely want to work.”
Benefits, housing, environmentalism, immigration, civil liberties and, of course, Europe.
The Chancellor also describes the tax credit system as “very expensive”, costing £30 billion, or “three times the Home Office budget”.
Our new report finds that the Government could help families, slash Housing Benefit bills and save up to £1 trillion by taking a leaf out of Harold Macmillan’s book.
She knows about work, and is unembarrassed to talk about it, because her family arrived from Uganda with nothing.
There have been some recent positive signs from the ECJ that EU states are within their rights already to curb blatant benefit abuse by migrants.
Dividing lines were one of Brown’s weapons. The Chancellor is turning them against Labour with a vengeance.
Having built the benefits trap, they have fought every reform required to dismantle it.
Answers within this post. Unsurprisingly, old people receive the most.
There must be special measures and exemptions for the self-employed so not to harm the ‘self-employment miracle’.