https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/211127/sponsors/new?token=dSoTiU8QfFuDEjhrmsA0I’ve created the above petition as I’m getting so fed up of saying to those on benefits who are more than capable of working but they’d be far worse off if they do that.
I call on the Goverment to review this so it’s more easier for those people to get a job. Why is the Goverment paying so much welfare but not encouraging to get a job?
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It's been all over the news
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That it doesn’t pay to work because they’d be worse off?
£5bn is lost in tax evasion.
£1.2 is lost in benefits fraud.
http://theconversation.com/britains-unclaimed-benefits-four-million-families-miss-out-on-12-4-billion-84153
http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/its-time-to-bust-some-myths-about-benefit-fraud-and-tax-evasion-9520562.html
Let's start cracking down on tax evasion and helping people get the money they're owed.
I still advocate simplifying it and removing almost all benefits (a few I'd keep like disability etc) and pay everyone a basic amount to live on. Thereafter if you work you are taxed on the lot at probably higher than 20%. It would overnight remove almost all fraud and unclaimed benefits and streamline a system that has become a hugely complicated industry.
Unfortunately, not enough people could see his genius.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivant
Lets put all the effort into unclaimed benefits and benefit fraud.
Don't think that's right. But until something is changed (which will need international agreements on the tax front) that's the way it is.
But that doesn't mean the football club is a bad thing!
https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/18/elon-musk-says-robots-will-push-us-to-a-universal-basic-income-heres-how-it-would-work.html
I’ve always despised the fact that a lot of people will happily back the law and government in attempts to chase the tax avoiders, but are equally happy to ignore and almost forgive any benefit fraudsters, and try to justify it because the figures are lower.
Improving knowledge about the benefits that already exist would ruin the budget and tidying up the other two (even if that's feasible) won't cover half the cost of the less fortunate receiving that to which they are entitled.
The FCA prosecuted just 8(?) cases of insider trading in the last 5 years. The DWP prosecuted 10,000(?) cases of benefit fraud last year. Yes, they're different crimes and yes one's more complicated than the other but it's also a political reflection of the attitude to fraud and the resources thrown at it. From memory again I think there were 4000 investigators looking at benefit fraud and just 65 looking at insider trading. Yet the Times piece found unusual price movements in around 2/3rds of cases where a profit warning was issued the following day. That ain't any coincidence is it!
Was an interesting article, maybe someone could confirm the figures as mine are from memory?
One is legal one is not.
Too many people confuse the two. I appreciate as an economist you know the difference @cantersaddick but your post is conveniently placed amongst others to allow me to emphasise the point.
EDIT: Just seen your post above. HMRC's own figures put tax evasion at £4.4 billion and tax avoidance at £2.7 billion in 2013/4 (https://fullfact.org/economy/tax-avoidance-evasion-uk/). Not sure what the most recent figures are (by which I mean I can't be bothered to try and find out).
If it's being evaded then surely there aren't any figures to calculate how much is 'lost'.
Successive Governments have always talked about cracking down on avoidance, but there always seems to be schemes and scam for very rich individuals and Corporations conning us out of money that is desperately needed by the exchequer.
I begin with heavy fines (related to turnover) of the big accountancy firms that allow this to happen.
And am I the only one who thinks that UC is actually a good idea in the long run? Particularly for those that don't claim their full benefit entitlements.