Fury as Britain’s ‘unsustainable’ benefits bill rises twice as fast as workers’ wages

What John Healey as Chancellor means for your moneyTHE country’s benefits bill is rising more than twice as fast as workers’ wages, shock analysis reveals.Welfare costs surged by 25.8 per cent in the average constituency between November 2023 and November 2025.Meanwhile, typical pay rose just 10.4 per cent in the same period, according to research by The TaxPayers’ Alliance.