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!ukpolitics@lemm.ee appears to have vanished! We can still see cached content from this link, but goodbye I guess! :'(
What I'd like to see is the actual figures for the benefits system.
Specifically, for every pound the government allocates to the benefits system, how much actually ends up in the hands of a benefit recipient?
ie. Just how much exactly does Serco, Capita, et al. take from the system?
No surprise after 15 years of austerity.
Don't worry we have a human rights lawyer as a prime minister, he'll be getting right on fixing this any day soon