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The report’s analysis reveals that over the last twenty years, the government spent £1.1 trillion more on working-age benefits than it invested in transport, science and technology and housing combined. 

This is the reverse of the supposed heyday of the welfare state. Between 1949 and 1975, Britain spent, on average, only 2.5 per cent of GDP on non-pensioner benefits compared to 4.6 per cent on public investment. The ratio has switched since 1975, with the state spending 2.5 per cent of GDP on public investment, on average, and 5 per cent on benefits.