2024-12-02 18:40:34
The quoted £35k figure is not the claimant's total benefit income, but rather the equivalent earned salary (i.e., pre-income tax) needed to match the benefit income, and should also account for loss of e.g., council tax deductions when moving off means-tested benefits. [Link] NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(2-1-2) Author
2024-12-03 09:48:35
NNN - their point wasn't the comparison to an equivalent salary but that even doing that it is not a typical or common benefit level for most people NEEDS_MORE_RATINGS(2-0-0) Author