UK - Transport & General Workers' Union has called on the government to scrap means-tested benefits and establish a minimum income standard in its place.
General-secretary Bill Morris said: “Simplifying the state pension and associated benefits would replace poverty with security in retirement. “Scrapping means-testing would not only improve the va...
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