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Can someone now explain what use this tax is?
I have finally got a letter telling me how much per week I will have to pay towards my rent.
I have also received a letter from the benefits office telling me that due to a change in my circumstances my benefit is to increase by the same amount.
Doing a quick bit of mental maths, if the amount they are taking is equal to the amount they are giving, what on earth was the point of this exercise in the first place?
Instead of saving money surely this has cost the Country more in having to re-calculate all the benefits affected.
Plus, if they knew this would happen why did the government put so may of us through the mill worrying about how we were going to pay?