UK benefits system 'least generous' in northern Europe claims SNP
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dailyrecord.co.ukunemployment benefits are compared over 20 years across 14 countries in North West Europe, the UK ranks lowest in 95% of cases.
For the latest year available - 2019 for Switzerland and 2020 for the other 13 countries - the UK is only better in 2% of cases, equal in 1% and worse in 97%; and of the four cases in which the UK does not rank lowest or equal to, it is only by a single digit.
The figures show that unemployed people in the UK receive 16 percentage points of their employed income less than the average North West European country.
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