Saturday, 30th January 2010

The UK Independence Party has announced its proposals for a radical overhaul of the current complicated system with one that is understandable and fair to all.

It covers child benefit and tax credits, housing benefit and social housing, job seekers' allowance and disability allowance.

The abolition of national insurance contributions and the raising of tax threshholds will encourage firms to take on workers and enable people to keep more of what they earn, thus reducing welfare dependency.

For full details see http://www.ukip.org/content/ukip-policies/1408-welfare-ukip-policy

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