OPINION - Benefits are essential but it’s irresponsible to pretend we can spend this much on them
by Anna van Praagh
Apr 23, 2024
3 minutes
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Talk to anyone in London these days and people all seem to agree that it has become almost impossible to translate hard work into any kind of financial progress.
This echoes a major poll in the Standard today which found that nine out of 10 voters think their personal finances are getting worse or no better, in a pre-election blow to the Conservatives.
Everyone understands that high in a country aren’t necessarily a bad thing, if they’re being
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