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They must be given discounts on Bentleys and Rolex watches…. Benefit claimants handed discounts for beach huts and bars Concessions on leisure activities and beauty treatments expose ‘perverse incentives’ of welfare system Councils are offering benefit claimants discounts on nights out, beauty parlours and beach huts under a spiralling “welfare culture” taking hold in Britain. A Telegraph investigation has found Universal Credit and mental health benefits claimants can receive concessions for drinks at bars, massages and eyebrow treatments via local government schemes, with discounts for jobless claimants also extending to football matches, comedy clubs, cinemas, saunas and spas. Concessions offered by councils or independent businesses even apply to white water rafting, rowing clubs, yoga classes and ice skating. Local authorities are also providing benefit claimants discounts on weddings and at leisure centres, while taxpayers foot rising bills. These concessions go far beyond typical help extended to low-income families, such as discounted travel to help people find work or social tariffs on energy. It is likely to increase pressure on the Prime Minister to tackle rising welfare costs following a string of about turns on benefits reform in the face of pressure from back-bench MPs. Failed crackdowns on benefits packages include Personal Independence Payment (PIP) reform, retaining the two-child benefit cap and limiting winter fuel payments. Sir Keir Starmer is facing questions from military leaders over spending priorities, with Wes Streeting, the Health Secretary, breaking ranks this month to back a cut in the welfare budget to fund a rise in defence spending. Mr Streeting said ministers needed to put more money into the Armed Forces, adding that the expenditure had to “come from somewhere”.

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They must be given discounts on Bentleys and Rolex watches…....[more]	Denc 🗡	04:44:22

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