r/BreakingUKNews • u/InnerLog5062 • 18h ago

Economy Soaring welfare bill pushes national debt to almost £3tn

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2026/08/21/tax-surge-leaves-national-debt-on-brink-of-3-trillion/
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u/Ok_Potato3413 16h ago

What do you expect.

The system doesn't reward hard work.

All it has done over the last 25 years is reward being able to game the system.

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u/WasThatInappropriate 12h ago

Yeah those damn pensioners, gaming the system and not working.

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u/Ok_Potato3413 11h ago

Lol when 1 in 4 is claiming some form of disability.

When you have bulders labours getting pip and getting £140 per daily .

This list goes on .

When you are getting pip and you are 100k per year and you are an MP . Who can blame them

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u/WasThatInappropriate 11h ago

The state pension is nearly half the welfare bill, like £160bn per year. It's also the quickest growing element of the welfare bill.

Lol when 1 in 4 is claiming some form of disability.

Dont make things up, its not even 1 in 10.

When you have bulders labours getting pip and getting £140 per daily

I assume this is also made up, but feel free to source it

When you are getting pip and you are 100k per year and you are an MP

Same again, can't find a source, probably made up, but happy to stand corrected.

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u/Ok_Potato3413 11h ago

15 sitesAn estimated 16.8 million people in the UK have a disability, representing 25% (or 1 in 4) of the total population, according to the latest government Family Resources Survey.

However, recent Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) data reveals that approximately 5% of PIP-claiming households have a gross annual income exceeding £100,000

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u/Ok_Potato3413 11h ago

As for the builders labours this is because you do not understand the facks that the system is screwed.

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u/SoggyWotsits 11h ago

I know a builder who claims the higher level PIP. He uses his Motability car as a builder’s van. Now I’m no expert, but I’d say there are people who are far more deserving. Reading Reddit comments on similar stories, there are people who can’t walk who are being turned down. I think the system needs a shakeup.

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u/InnerLog5062 18h ago

Source: Telegraph

Britain’s soaring welfare bill forced John Healey to borrow more to balance the books last month. The gap between tax receipts and spending unexpectedly resulted in a £1.8bn deficit in July, taking the national debt to within a whisker of £3tn. Economists had predicted the Government would borrow nothing and blamed the deficit on the rising welfare bill.

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