Welfare blowout to land taxpayers with massive bill

LABOUR’s failure to rein in welfare spending could cost each taxpayer an extra £700 every year by the end of the decade.

- BY DAVID WILLIAMSON

The Centre for Social Justice think-tank has estimated spending on working-age disability, incapacity and carers benefits will rocket from £49.6billion in 2023-24 to £76.8bn in 2029-30.

It has calculated that “with 39.1 million people paying income tax, the £27.2bn increase will cost each taxpayer £700 more on average every year by the end of the decade”.