Yesterday The Daily Mail reported that IDS’s claim that “benefit tourism” would cost Britain £155m a year. Funnily enough though, there was no mention of the fact that he previously claimed that it would cost £2 BILLION. That means the figure he’s now arguing is “enormous” is a whopping 92% lower than his original guesstimate – £1.845 billion lower to be precise.
Lets take a look at that in chart form.
It’s enough to make you question what other sums this government have got disastrously wrong…
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