Quote Originally Posted by Geoff Parkstone View Post
Some interesting perspectives here. In order to contextualise them, how do you define "rich"? In terms of wealth or earnings? If so, at what level?

I tend to agree that the benefits system is a conundrum. The criteria for collecting seems to be to be tougher, but the ability/willingness to bend the system seems to be somewhat easier, perversely: or perhaps one is a function of the other.

Perhaps, more importantly, how many "benefit cheats" equate to one Zahawi. Lets set this in perspective. probably 1000 benefit cheats equal one Zahawi
I will just leave this here.

Tax fraud cost the UK £20 billion in 2018-19, nine times more than benefit fraud (£2.2 billion), according to research from think tank TaxWatch, and the DWP employs 3.5 times more staff to enforce rules than HMRC.