let s take a moment to take a look at one of the main themes that seems to be dividing the party from the cabinet down: benefits and how much they should go up by. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has been looking at the figures. working age benefits cost the government 87.4 billion pounds last year. now, to put that in context, the defence budget is about half of that at 42 billion, and the health and social care bill for england is almost double that at 192 billion. the benefits budget covers a range of payments including personal independence payments, attendance allowance and housing benefit. but the biggest one undoubtedly is universal credit. around 5.7 million people claim this benefit. more than 40% of those claimants are in work. for those who are unemployed and older than 25, they get £77 a week. benefits are uprated each april, usually in line with september s inflation figure which is published later this month.
same. if we are doing now is effectively going and paying the mill owner for work, effectively going and paying the mill ownerfor work, a bit effectively going and paying the mill owner for work, a bit like effectively going and paying the mill ownerfor work, a bit like a monty python sketch, i am worried. we are not seeking recompense for the two years during the pandemic where we did not get a pay rise, we are seeking a pay rise for year three which i think many other workers are doing. police chiefs in england and wales have committed to sending an officer to every single home affected by a burglary. all 43 forces have agreed to the pledge at a meeting of the national police chiefs council in an effort to build public trust after a report from the police watchdog in august found that victims of burglary and theft were not being given the justice they deserve. let s speak to parm sandhu, who s a former chief superintendent in the met police. welcome. thank you for being with us. we
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