the Britain welfare

Welfare in BritainAs a developed country, Britain has a really perfect welfare system, although there is still some defect , but it’s much more better than most of developing countries(such as China and Brazil …) . There are many kinds of welfare in Britain, it nearly covers every tiny part of the citizen’s life. Nearly every citizen of Britain could benefit from the welfare system, since their born to die. And there are also many law in Britain already, witch will guarantee every citizen’s legal right of getting their welfare(such as The Poor Law which was made in 1834 and so on ) .Just as many other countries, the poor can get basic life guarantee from the welfare system. But there are also some differences. The biggest difference is that, poverty was divided into two kinds:absolute poverty and relative poverty. The absolute poverty is a family witch without minimum food, clothing and shelter needed for maintenance of merely physical health. The relative poverty is a family witch Despite adequate income for survival, people who do not have what is regarded as minimum necessary for decency and who cannot escape judgement that they are indecent can be labeled as poor. And the government will give them different kind of allowance according the family’s poverty level.In Britain not only the poor can get allowance from the government, but also other who is in need, such like the pregnant mother the retire old men the disable and such people. The welfare in Britain mainly contains three part: social security, housing, health care. People who is on a low income (employed or intend looking for work) , who has dependent children, who is ill or disabled, who is caring for someone, who is aged 60 or over, who has been bereaved, who is pregnant or have recently had a baby and so on, then they can apply for the government allowance.There are many kinds of welfare in Britain, such as: children and pregnant women welfare, disablement allowance and sickness benefit, retirement welfare, widow’s pension, unemployment welfare, low wage welfare, social fund. These welfare can ensure every people who is in need will get a reasonable help from the government. Most of the government’s welfare is tax-free allowance. Such as the main disability benefits, the attendance allowance.The welfare is divided in a very detail way in Britain. The allowance that one can get not only depend on the poverty level , but also the age, the disable rate, the amount of the children you got , weather you divorced or not , ill or not and so on. The allowance that the government offer could usually guarantee the basic expendof life. The people who has higher rate disable could get £77.45 a week, and he could get £51.85 a week if he was in lower rate disable. Some allowance is offered for a short time such as the Job seekers allowance. Once you have claimed this allowance you can get it for a few months, if you have the intention to get a job. People under 25 can get £56.25 a week at most, Couples who over 25 can get £71.00 a week at most, civil partnerships can get £111.45 a week at most.Just as what I had just said that Britain welfare is made up of mainly three part: social security, housing, health care. The standard of Britain welfare is nation uniformed. The government lists all kinds of welfare, and then post the list everywhere just to make sure every citizen know how to get their allowance that they deserve. The allowance is made up of two part, the government and the employer take over one of them. The first kind of allowance is hand out by the government, and this welfare is come from the tax. They are usually tax-free allowance. And another kind of allowance is hand out by the employer, and at the same time the government will charge a part of it. And housing is a very important part of Britain welfare system. If applicant’s condition goes with the requirement, then they could claim this allowance. The housing allowance was launched sincethe Second World War. Another important welfare in Britain is health care. In Britain all citizen can enjoy free health care. Even some overseas students and their family can enjoy this allowance, only if they live in Britain for enough time. Many cancers can be cured with the allowance from government. And in this way many patient could survive from some illness, and I think the free health care is pretty good, many people can benefit from this policy.Although Britain has a perfect welfare system, but there are still some maladies. Since the citizen can make a living by getting the allowance from the government, some people who is lazy reject to work to earn their life cost. There is a news that in Britain there is a couple who make living by pregnant. They have more than 10 children. And the government will pay them more than £2million to raise up alltheir children to adult. And some people even get the allowance that he does not deserve.Maybe the welfare system in Britain is perfect, but it still needs improvement. Some rules will be refreshed. These rules will guarantee every citizen get the allowance that they deserve, and keep the lazy people out. And many couples choose to be single when they have a child, because in this they can get the allowance for their children from government. In some degree, government becomes the real parent for most of the children in Britain. And this have became a heavy burden to the government. The Britain welfare is pretty good, but the citizen shouldn’t take advantage of it. This seems to be profitable for a while, but if things go on like this, the Britain government and its economy will be heavily influenced.In a word, Britain has a nearly perfect welfare system. But there are still some shortage need to be over came. Some new policy and improvement will make it even better.。