At the Budget the Chancellor announced his intention to set a limit on a significant proportion of public spending in order to tackle the 'growth of spending on welfare benefits' in the years ahead. This paper explores the implications of such a cap for pensions and working age welfare.
A lot of nonsense has been talked about working age benefits. Yesterday, the chancellor argued that working age benefits were “unaffordable”. So is the Government right about HB asks Ian Mulheirn?