on welfare

1. see on relief.

Example Sentences

But the report put an emphasis on employees' "personal responsibility", warning: "Disengaging from work and potential support, or relying on welfare as an alternative to work, can set people on a path towards detachment and dependency, rather than recovery and participation".

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The chancellor is widely expected to raise taxes in her Budget on 26 November, after gloomy economic forecasts and a series of U-turns on welfare cuts made it harder for her to meet her own tax and spending rules.

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Rachel Reeves is widely expected to raise taxes at the Budget on 26 November, after gloomy economic forecasts and a series of U-turns on welfare cuts made it harder for her to meet her own tax and spending rules.

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However, with other pressures such as the U-turns on welfare spending and a desire to rebuild a bigger buffer in the public finances, speculation is pointing towards significant tax rises including some possible breaches of manifesto commitments, points towards significant tax rises, including possible breaches of manifesto commitments like income tax.

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"Some of what I was feeding back - especially how difficult legislation on welfare was going to be to land - I thought I was doing that to be helpful but maybe it was a message people didn't want to hear."

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