No, Most U.K. Homes Do Not Get More In Welfare Than They Pay In Tax
The numbers do add up - but that's half the problem.
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Do more than half of British households get more back from the government in benefits than they paid in tax?
That statistic was widely reported on Tuesday, based on a report by the Centre For Policy Studies. It produced a bulletin announcing this news, adding that it was evidence of “the scale of the challenge which remains to reduce welfare dependency.” It set out its key finding: “In 2013/14, 51.5 percent of households received more from the state in cash benefits and benefits in-kind than they paid in taxes.”