Quote: sootyj @ July 20 2010, 11:12 PM BSTIf you've ever worked with the beneifts system you'll see there are billions waiting to go. Get rid of all Newlabs idiot bribing people with their own money initiatives and you'd shave a fortune.
And appeals are the mother of all money wasters.
You can't go out and Means Test everybody currently on benefits. Too expensive. You need to cut benefits arbitrarily and only Means Test when you really have to. Appeals don't need to be expensive, it's mismanagement that makes it expensive.