Here you are then pussy
In 2017
174 billion paid in benefits
( about 20% of the countries annual budget)
Of that 174 about 3.5 billion was in overpayments
Of that 3.5 overpayments approx 2 billion was fraudulently claimed ( 2% roughly)
Like is said a small % and a small amount in comparrison BUT
2 billion quid.
Imagine what that could be used for and what is suffering now through a lack of funding.
Divide that into say £2500 per year per fraud
Some less some more but on average that amount
That is 800,000 people or families
The facts are there pussay in black and white so now you have the figures whats your opinion on the feckless piss taking % now.
Do you see an issue
No one said everyone on benefits.
It was these scrotes!!!!!

So in conclusion you're saying the solution to poverty is catch benefit fraudsters (which is 2% of the total) and poor people learn to cook better

You should run for parliament !

Amazing how people will argue this or as this thread shows they don't agree about the problem of poverty in this country but when you start talking about helping other countries or foreign aid, they'll say 'this country should look after their own'

I blame that on immigration too.

Indians and Chinese coming over here feeding us take away and charging a fortune for it. That is making us poorer and fatter.

That may have been tongue in cheek but some of the main reasons for our fat population are immigrated (I've just made up a word) from USA as many of our more obese citizens live on a diet of McDonalds and Coca Cola