UK spent more than £1 trillion more on welfare than infrastructure in past 20 years - London Evening Standard

UK spent more than £1 trillion more on welfare than infrastructure in past 20 years – London Evening Standard

October 13, 2026

UK spent more than £1 trillion more on welfare than infrastructure in past 20 years London Evening StandardWelfare spending three times higher than infrastructure bill over 20 years The Telegraph‘Economic anaesthetic’ of welfare spending dwarfed capital investment by £1.1 trillion City AMThe Welfare State Is Crushing Britain WSJUK spent £1.1 trillion more on benefits than infrastructure since 2006, with Burnham urged to get a grip on welfare bill LBC