{"id":801419,"date":"2026-10-13T16:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T16:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/801419\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T16:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T16:54:17","slug":"uk-spent-more-than-1-trillion-more-on-welfare-than-infrastructure-in-past-20-years-london-evening-standard-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/801419\/","title":{"rendered":"UK spent more than \u00a31 trillion more on welfare than infrastructure in past 20 years &#8211; London Evening Standard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxQNlQwemI1UFVXQ1JCemNULU9keXZueFp6SktQcUd6TnNyVmxXN0FwME1oOFVxSnllV2VLS01OemtMam4yQ1VzOHlqdmpoRjM0WnlaQkZ1YVo2VnNIbEpiYWNfYU9mT0lzYmMwajdVOWxpZUFwU05YLWZzQzN3eFFOejZYelhqbHVyMGxrSnBZZ1c4enZSM2tNeVFVYWw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK spent more than \u00a31 trillion more on welfare than infrastructure in past 20 years<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening Standard<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxQai1yTFlDT2NHbWlTRGQydTZSVTNiVEFwMklDMV9HX1Y5RnlDX1BJTktuLVQxQ2x6SEtTYlBkSWx4MmFJOU5uZHB6SFZWdnRMN2lnNGNRdGhSaER6aGRUYnRQbVVCVTdXdWZiNkdyTDF4SWJHUEo5aWd0WHhHcjM3VFNtX29yY2o2T3VWN19BazFNckk5RmVpQVV3V1QwVk41VkE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Welfare spending three times higher than infrastructure bill over 20 years<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqwFBVV95cUxORGY3dmpvN1BaUDZqaDRobWNEWVFGRGJqd0NZZkJ6aEhDd1R0ZGdmdGxpelFycEJtbzFUTS1ObF9vR2JwbWtaWlplNldoN01sWENKVThsRE81cldJQmV2amtOeFhSTElFc2I2WVRxWHJBTVBhd2NtQmd3TGJFUDltVnVBeFdsQXMzM0owbkVxc1ZEZXJyeWQ5Y1V6NzVsLUJXQnVyb2NtOGpqV3M?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Economic anaesthetic\u2019 of welfare spending dwarfed capital investment by \u00a31.1 trillion<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;City AM<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxOOTY0eFRVYXktQzc5bUF0MTl6STNxdVFUUmJDalNYdFpnY0pXNWRaQ3JCaE54RmhMM09NOFlxeWtVQVVVVGxSQWExMUhfbnJvOVpiYW95eDRtRkFzLU1FbTVZXzBsZGpJeXZPRE9MSEl4ZEotQ3lJZW85QmNWV3FubXpjQU5GZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Welfare State Is Crushing Britain<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WSJ<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimgFBVV95cUxNdDNnUHRTTWJvV01lNGxTWVhzaUlpeEgxYUR4Z1YwLUZ1QUdiMFVLQVloYWQ2WFQ0eEo2RkRPNEdubHlsTU81UHhXM0dUWnJSV3ZiTlNqTHJBT2xtWGJPa2V1THBaR0haQ3hkblVMQktRZFVwbkF3U0pNVEtOa3dGd0pfNDVuU25GaWxDc3d5WjZ2WHppcVZtM2Jn?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">UK spent \u00a31.1 trillion more on benefits than infrastructure since 2006, with Burnham urged to get a grip on welfare bill<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;LBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"UK spent more than \u00a31 trillion more on welfare than infrastructure in past 20 years&nbsp;&nbsp;London Evening StandardWelfare spending&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":801420,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[19306,84,31506,1294,2184,464,1805,2053,56,54,55,7160,476],"class_list":["post-801419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-andy-burnham","tag-business","tag-centre-for-social-justice","tag-economy","tag-gdp","tag-infrastructure","tag-john-healey","tag-labour-party","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom","tag-universal-credit","tag-welfare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=801419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/801419\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/801420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=801419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=801419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=801419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}