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This petition was submitted during the 2010-2015 parliament

Rejected petition Welfare payments - contribute to receive

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The welfare state should be for those who contribute -you have to pay in to take out. Those who have paid no national insurance contributions should not be entitled to the same levels of income and housing benefit as those who have paid into the system.

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