Benefit Simplification

For sometime now I have been worrying about why the benefit system is so complicated. For anyone trying to find their way through the complexities it is like a sophisticated puzzle. The more you learn about the various rules and variations the more puzzled any rational person becomes.

But now we get to todays budget and all becomes clear, well at least slightly less muddled. The chancellor anounced two things which will have some effect is that people over 60 will not have to work as many hours to get tax credit, a new wrinkle has to be added. Secondly there is to be more money in child tax credit for children under 2. Further there are proposals to limit the amount of housing benefit. All adds to the nightmare of complexity!