There’s been more than a 90 per cent hike in income support over the last decade.
The Treasury says as a result the Island’s National Insurance system needs a rethink.
In the UK the benefit has gone down by 20 per cent in the same period.
Minister Eddie Teare says revising the benefit set-up is a priority:
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