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Friday, 14 March 2025

Why is Rachel Reeves Cutting Benefits Before Defunding Gay Porn Studies?

 This week it was revealed that Chancellor Rachel Reeves is planning to make major cuts to benefits in her spring budget, with over £6 billion of welfare savings in the pipeline. These “will see far tougher tests imposed for a key disability benefit, some payments frozen in 2026, and major changes to the way Universal Credit is calculated”, according to one report.

Clearly the benefits system is a complete mess and one of many things bleeding Britain dry, with the UK forecast to spend £319.1 billion on the social security system in 2024-25. There’s no doubt that it needs a radical rethink and slimming down. But I wonder if Reeves could have picked on easier targets to make savings. Benefit cuts are controversial, and come with a real risk of harming vulnerable people, unfairly punished on behalf of others abusing the system. In short, why not go for some brazenly ridiculous things first (which I will show you in this article)?...<<<Read More>>>...