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by dontwannahearit 120 days ago
In the UK since 2019–20, disability benefit spending has grown by 45% in real terms and incapacity benefit spending by 26%.

https://ifs.org.uk/publications/health-related-benefit-claim...

You can argue that nobody is systematically abusing the system but numbers go up. To those paying the taxes to support these benefits that sort of growth looks like abuse.

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> You can argue that nobody is systematically abusing the system but numbers go up. > To those paying the taxes to support these benefits that sort of growth looks like abuse.

Yes, but for 'tax payers' everything looks like abuse until they benefit from the services for which they pay taxes. The favorite hobby of people whose identity is shaped by being a taxpayer is to complain about paying taxes.

What might have happened around 2020 that would result in more people not being able to work and requiring assistance?