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Also not all welfare spending is the same. Eliminating child poverty is to an extent not just redistribution but an investment in their education, employment, future earnings, tax payments, and propensity to be involved in crime.
Welfare spending is currently 1.2% of GDP *lower* than in 2012-13.
Abolition of two-child cap is best viewed as a correction than an increase.
Abolition of two-child cap is best viewed as a correction than an increase.
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
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Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
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November 28, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Also not all welfare spending is the same. Eliminating child poverty is to an extent not just redistribution but an investment in their education, employment, future earnings, tax payments, and propensity to be involved in crime.
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Welfare spending is currently 1.2% of GDP *lower* than in 2012-13.
Abolition of two-child cap is best viewed as a correction than an increase.
Abolition of two-child cap is best viewed as a correction than an increase.
Is welfare spending ''out of control''?
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
Total welfare spending in Britain in 2025-26 is estimated to be 10.8 per cent of GDP.
That's just 0.8 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actually fallen fallen by 1.2 per cent of GDP since 2012-13⤵️
buff.ly/s5mz97u
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Welfare spending is currently 1.2% of GDP *lower* than in 2012-13.
Abolition of two-child cap is best viewed as a correction than an increase.
Abolition of two-child cap is best viewed as a correction than an increase.
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Quite surprised that the phrase “news to us” was in use in 1662
A very hard frost; which is news to us after having none almost these three years.
November 28, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Quite surprised that the phrase “news to us” was in use in 1662
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If you rebooted RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK today with the same temporal margins, it’d be set in the 1980s. Neo-Nazi punks would have their faces melted by the opening of a forbidden arcade cabinet at the KB Toys at your local mall. Indiana Jones would wear a Hawaiian shirt and Chuck Taylor sneakers.
We are now further away from the theatrical release of Raiders of the Lost Ark (June 12, 1981) than it was from the year it takes place in (1936). We have reached the Indiana Jones event horizon.
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
If you rebooted RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK today with the same temporal margins, it’d be set in the 1980s. Neo-Nazi punks would have their faces melted by the opening of a forbidden arcade cabinet at the KB Toys at your local mall. Indiana Jones would wear a Hawaiian shirt and Chuck Taylor sneakers.
Nowadays I follow the news by seeing what you all say about it on here. The amount of time I devote to actually watching "The News" has declined to almost nothing. I'm trying to work out if this is because I am sliding into depression, or just getting old, or some third thing I don't yet understand.
November 28, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Nowadays I follow the news by seeing what you all say about it on here. The amount of time I devote to actually watching "The News" has declined to almost nothing. I'm trying to work out if this is because I am sliding into depression, or just getting old, or some third thing I don't yet understand.
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"BUT WHEN IS IT WHITE FRIDAY!?"
November 27, 2024 at 8:51 PM
"BUT WHEN IS IT WHITE FRIDAY!?"
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Somehow this got missed off the "Benefit Street" front pages today
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Somehow this got missed off the "Benefit Street" front pages today
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Starmer and Reeves run probably the most economically left-wing government of past five decades and yet bleeding support to its left thanks to dumb strategy www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 27, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Starmer and Reeves run probably the most economically left-wing government of past five decades and yet bleeding support to its left thanks to dumb strategy www.economist.com/britain/2025...
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Ideas to devalue your £2m home:
Install an outdoors glass cubicle toilet on your front drive and make sure you use it regularly. Keep eye contact with anyone who sees you using it.
Install an outdoors glass cubicle toilet on your front drive and make sure you use it regularly. Keep eye contact with anyone who sees you using it.
November 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Ideas to devalue your £2m home:
Install an outdoors glass cubicle toilet on your front drive and make sure you use it regularly. Keep eye contact with anyone who sees you using it.
Install an outdoors glass cubicle toilet on your front drive and make sure you use it regularly. Keep eye contact with anyone who sees you using it.
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UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
November 27, 2025 at 3:25 PM
UNBOUND AUTHORS: Leftover copies of your books in the UK (MacMillan) warehouse will be pulped within the next week or two. DM me for a link to the warehouse stock list and contacts.
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
If you have no dosh, another publisher (Wilton Sq) is willing to buy the books & distribute on a 50/50 profit split
How long ago was Benefits Street last broadcast? Has it now entered the Pantheon of dated references that mean nothing to anyone under 35 but fill tabloids that are only bought by pensioners, the middle-aged, and actually dead people?
November 27, 2025 at 1:16 PM
How long ago was Benefits Street last broadcast? Has it now entered the Pantheon of dated references that mean nothing to anyone under 35 but fill tabloids that are only bought by pensioners, the middle-aged, and actually dead people?
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This is an unspooling thread of total joy. A slug of forgotten comedy history.
The brilliant female clowns of silent cinema. This might be the most ALIVE thing you’ll see all day.
The brilliant female clowns of silent cinema. This might be the most ALIVE thing you’ll see all day.
Since we are once again dealing with "the only silent era comedians of note were men" I feel I need to stand up for the ladies.
Marion Davies!
Marion Davies!
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This is an unspooling thread of total joy. A slug of forgotten comedy history.
The brilliant female clowns of silent cinema. This might be the most ALIVE thing you’ll see all day.
The brilliant female clowns of silent cinema. This might be the most ALIVE thing you’ll see all day.
It's time to break the silence on the transformation of City Hall into Death Star II from Return Of The Jedi
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
It's time to break the silence on the transformation of City Hall into Death Star II from Return Of The Jedi
The first ever episode of Stranger Things had a bit where they talk about the cool bands they listen to. That included The Smiths, who hadn't released any records at the point in time the scene was supposed to be occurring at. One of several clues that ST universe is not quite the same as ours.
November 27, 2025 at 6:13 AM
The first ever episode of Stranger Things had a bit where they talk about the cool bands they listen to. That included The Smiths, who hadn't released any records at the point in time the scene was supposed to be occurring at. One of several clues that ST universe is not quite the same as ours.
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This guy stares into the *soul* of the midwit. Bang on every time 😂
Man delivering line that he’s been practising all week at dinner party
November 26, 2025 at 5:22 PM
This guy stares into the *soul* of the midwit. Bang on every time 😂
I'm so bored I'm going to read that ConHome article by a Cummings fanboy.
November 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
I'm so bored I'm going to read that ConHome article by a Cummings fanboy.
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We're delighted to announce we'll be publishing @sachacoward.bsky.social's next book, Space Invaders: A Queer History of Video Games, in 2027! Sharing the intertwined histories of videogames and those who have lived & loved outside of the norm, told from the perspective of a lifelong gamer. #booksky
November 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
We're delighted to announce we'll be publishing @sachacoward.bsky.social's next book, Space Invaders: A Queer History of Video Games, in 2027! Sharing the intertwined histories of videogames and those who have lived & loved outside of the norm, told from the perspective of a lifelong gamer. #booksky
They should leak 2 different Budgets, then we wait to find out which gets broadcast. That keeps it fresh and exciting.
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
They should leak 2 different Budgets, then we wait to find out which gets broadcast. That keeps it fresh and exciting.
You can't judge Farage by the standards of a different time. It all happened weeks ago.
November 26, 2025 at 11:48 AM
You can't judge Farage by the standards of a different time. It all happened weeks ago.
"I had a sense that everyone was waiting, not just for a performance of the same songs they'd heard for 35 years, but also for something different" - me, in Unherd
November 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
"I had a sense that everyone was waiting, not just for a performance of the same songs they'd heard for 35 years, but also for something different" - me, in Unherd
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The best thing I learned from Macaulay Culkin at last night’s Home Alone screening is that his 4yo son loves the movie, thinks of himself as Kevin, and has no idea that that’s his dad. Culkin is attempting to hide that fact for as long as possible
a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
ALT: a young boy is smiling and says `` i made my family disappear '' .
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November 25, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The best thing I learned from Macaulay Culkin at last night’s Home Alone screening is that his 4yo son loves the movie, thinks of himself as Kevin, and has no idea that that’s his dad. Culkin is attempting to hide that fact for as long as possible
Off to see My Bloody Valentine. I'll try to use value-neutral expressions and avoid controversial language like "music" and "enjoyment".
November 25, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Off to see My Bloody Valentine. I'll try to use value-neutral expressions and avoid controversial language like "music" and "enjoyment".
There's a new, better kind of podcast, where the words are all written down and you can decide what voice reads them out in your head
www.discontinuednotes.com
www.discontinuednotes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:51 PM
There's a new, better kind of podcast, where the words are all written down and you can decide what voice reads them out in your head
www.discontinuednotes.com
www.discontinuednotes.com
In order to appeal to Reform voters, Reeves will announce VAT on French mustard while exempting English.
November 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
In order to appeal to Reform voters, Reeves will announce VAT on French mustard while exempting English.