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Welfare Benefits: A necessity not a lifestyle

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17 Feb 2011

Welfare Benefits: A necessity not a lifestyle

This paper makes the case in defence of the benefits system and addresses the counter arguments by drawing on the latest research. Any discussion on welfare benefits cannot be separated from the current political and economic climate, with politicians, commentators and pressure groups increasingly identifying cuts in benefits as a strategy for reducing the public deficit; in this context restating the case for welfare benefits becomes even more essential.

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