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Social Security System
- A system of federally funded services and payments to help support the needy, the aged, and the temporarily unemployed as well as providing support for needy, dependent, disabled, or neglected children, rehabilitation for the disabled, and a host of other social services. The system was established as part of the New Deal and is funded by payroll taxes paid by workers and employers.
Example Sentences
A Labour spokeswoman said the party inherited a broken welfare system from the Conservatives and would deliver a social security system fit for the future.
"Labour will deliver a social security system that is fit for the future."
Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall told the BBC the reforms would make the UK's social security system "sustainable for the long term" but the overall benefits bill is still expected to rise.
Liz Kendall say the reforms will "ensure there is trust and fairness in the social security system" for years to come.
"I think the prime minister has been clear there is both a moral and an economic case for fixing our broken social security system that's holding our people back, and our country back," Sir Keir Starmer's official spokesman told reporters on Monday.
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