Panorama Britains Homeles

Yes, it really p....s me off to hear my State Retirement Pension, to which I contributed all my life, described as a benefit by the present bunch of dodgy politicians, most of whom are not old enough to remember the old days.

47% of welfare budget goes on state pensions

re Papaoscar's post on the previous page - yes originally the state old age pension worked like an individual savings pot, but since the ?70s the contributions have been syphoned off to pay for other things.
So now our state OAP is another benefit, and we, being more numerous than any other needy group, are the main beneficiaries.

I don't drink Galen and it's the only one I've heard of!

Sorry my mistake - I was reading percentages instead of pounds. Nevertheless, 46% is still a substantial amount and means that the amount allocated to what most people understand as "benefits" is significantly less than the "welfare budget" as a whole.

The Mother mentioned in the OP did get another house, but she lost her baby.
Very sad.

https://fullfact.org/economy/welfare_budget_public_spending-29886

2013 figures.

So now only 38% of the welfare budget is being spent on state pensions.

Looks like GNs are solving the financial crisis on this thread - the rate it's coming down is very impressive I have to say!

Homeless going up though.
www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/25/homelessness-crisis-england-perfect-storm

www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/25/how-i-became-homeless-cant-happen-to-you-think-again

Some categories of people are more likely than others to be affected. Migrants, for example, may lack support networks of friends and family, familiarity with English and knowledge of how the benefits system works, and are vulnerable: people from the east European accession states – including Poland, the Czech Republic, the Baltic states, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria – make up nearly 30% of London's rough sleepers. This is an extract from The Guardian newspaper you highlighted.

If we didn't have open borders because of the EU, the 30% of London's rough sleepers would not be here. Never mind they will soon get on the benefits gravy train if they stay here for long enough!

Especially now we have Juncker in charge!

Obviously neither of you have read the links.
It could be you next.

multitasking again and doing nothing properly!

I did read the links. If we were not in the EU all these EU migrants would not be in the UK taking up our valuable housing stock and there would be more housing available for UK homeless.

www.theguardian.com/society/2014/jun/25/how-i-became-homeless-cant-happen-to-you-think-again
This link is nothing to do with migrants. It wasn't migrants that made him homeless. He has been helped by Crisis, and is now recovering from his problems. He does not blame migrants, so why should you?