@conservative.pulse: One in four workers would be better off on benefits rather than working, according to research by The Centre for Social Justice. Speaking in Parliament, Conservative MP Rebecca Smith criticised the Labour government's welfare policies, including its removal of the two-child benefit cap, which she says was not in Labour's election manifesto. She argued that the current welfare system can leave some people better off on benefits than in work and called for a system that supports the most vulnerable while maintaining incentives to work. The report she references, produced by The Centre for Social Justice, states: - An economically inactive claimant on Universal Credit (UC) for ill health, receiving the average housing element and Personal Independence Payment, would receive an income of roughly £25,200, which is equivalent to a pre-tax salary of £30,100. - Comparing this to earnings distributions shows that around 6.2 million full-time workers (about 1 in 4) have a post-tax wage lower than these combined benefits. You can read the report in more detail using the links below: https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/newsroom/welfare-2030-enquiry-launched-to-produce-detailed-blueprint-for-reform https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/newsroom/post-budget-research #ukpolitics #labour #welfare #conservatives #britishpolitics

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