Brian,
thanks for your comment. My sincere apologies. It wasn't my intention to be rude to our PM. This subtlety of English language has escaped me for a moment.

And I agree with you that benefits system can be improved and is not fair to many on and off benefits. The last Government try to address inequalities by means testing that was rather too complex and costly to administer. Somehow I believed more in their attempts to create fairer society. They just picked up a wrong strategy of doing so.

My solution would be along what I saw the Green Party was suggesting in their pre election battle. In short, make one universal benefit and give it to every person (including children). Then tax everyone on everything they earn from any of the sources at the same tax rate. This rate would be balance of expenditure and income the government faces. It is fair to all, as this benefit should be high enough to provide ALL with minimum standard of living. It would be a lot cheaper to administer than the current system. (And before you point out, those who are too ill to contribute by working should receive an extra means tested allowance). This system will encourage people to work as they would always better themselves.

So coming from this point of view the changes proposed seem unfair to me.