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This paper describes all the main benefits in the GB system, giving details of rates and allowances, as well as numbers and types of claimants and levels of expenditure.
Authors
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Andrew Hood
![Person graphic](/sites/default/files/styles/square_desktop/public/2022-06/IFS-person-graphic.png?itok=hWCtTSrz)
Agnes Norris Keiller
Report details
- DOI
- 10.1920/bn.ifs.2000.0013
- ISBN
- 978-1-903274-99-6
- Publisher
- Institute for Fiscal Studies
Suggested citation
Hood, A and Norris Keiller, A. (2016). A survey of the GB benefit system. London: Institute for Fiscal Studies. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/survey-gb-benefit-system (accessed: 30 June 2024).
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