Two versions of the Osborne speech have been distributed today. One via the HMT press office, that stated:
“That means about one in every six pounds of tax that working people like you pay was going on working age benefits.”
Yet the version that CCHQ pushed half an hour later said:
“That means about one in every seven pounds of tax that working people like you pay was going on working age benefits.”
The Treasury version stated:
“In 2010 alone, payments to working age families cost £90 billion.”
Yet the CCHQ version says:
“In 2010 alone, payments to working age families cost £75 billion.”
Which figures are accurate?
