Problem with means testing is that often the costs to set up the means testing

is more than the benefit paid!
Need to have staff, offices, systems etc for people to see to do the testing.
Once you've increased the costs how much do you save?

However I've long thought government departments should be more joined up in their info, makes sense to me that DWP can get info from HMRC on income to streamline tax allowances, child benefit etc.

Posted By: megson on February 24th 2017 at 12:09:22

Message Thread

Nuttall loses in Stoke, Labour hold. The other way round, but same result. (n/m) (General Chat) - DrDublin, Feb 24, 02:11:52
- scum wins copeland (n/m) (General Chat) - earthleakage, Feb 24, 03:10:17
  - The vocal minority.... (General Chat) - usacanary, Feb 24, 03:52:43
    - They should be ... i remain incredulous how Labour can't impact on the state of the NHS (n/m) (General Chat) - Gob on a Stick, Feb 24, 07:41:50
      - Probably because most sensible people realise that the NHS has suffered under either party (General Chat) - Jim, Feb 24, 08:24:55
        
        Your thoughts are very valid ... voting public have very short memories however (n/m) (General Chat) - Gob on a Stick, Feb 24, 08:29:15
        
        One hope I have over Brexit is that the current climate perhaps lends itself more to (General Chat) - Jim, Feb 24, 08:33:43
        
        That rather depends what you mean by radical. (n/m) (General Chat) - APB, Feb 24, 08:52:25
        
        I just mean looking at all aspects of spending and reassessing our priorities (General Chat) - Jim, Feb 24, 11:13:41
        
        Problem with means testing is that often the costs to set up the means testing (General Chat) - megson, Feb 24, 12:09:22
        
        like one massive shared database and Universal Credit? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 24, 12:41:50
        
        ha ha, are you going all Admiral Ackbar on me here Ralf? lol (General Chat) - megson, Feb 24, 12:52:29
        
        the reason Govt doesn't get to share much data (General Chat) - CWC, Feb 24, 13:29:04
        
        my Star Wars nerdery really isn't up to much i'm afraid :-( (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 24, 13:11:37
        
        Lol, wondered if it was a cunning trap for me to support universal credit (General Chat) - megson, Feb 24, 14:36:35
        
        True, not easy but in this day and age surely they can find a way (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Feb 24, 12:27:37
        
        foreign aid helps educate the doctors and nurses that keep the NHS going (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 24, 11:32:20
        
        I said SOME. 0.7% of the budget is £12 billion quid a year. (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Feb 24, 11:45:51
        
        No it isn't (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 24, 11:48:36
        
        NHS budget that is (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 24, 11:51:36
        
        No we spend 0.7 of our overall spending/budget on foreign aid/international development (General Chat) - Jim, Feb 24, 11:54:57
        
        "something of a red herring" (General Chat) - APB, Feb 24, 12:50:03
        
        and tax avoidance as well! (n/m) (General Chat) - Jim, Feb 24, 11:14:33
        
        his balming of foreign aid for the NHS being short on cash is probably a good clue (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Feb 24, 09:56:10
        
        Certainly a euphemism for something. (n/m) (General Chat) - norway, Feb 24, 09:42:10
        
        building a big wall and getting Europe to pay for? (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Feb 24, 08:57:09
        
        Cuntish obviously (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 24, 08:56:45
    - Corbyn is hugely unpopular. Toxic with voters. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Feb 24, 07:41:20

Reply to Message

In order to add a post to the WotB Message Board you must be a registered WotB user.

If you are not yet registered then please visit the registration page. You should ensure that their browser is setup to accept cookies.