Labour's Benefits Britain is out of control - even Gen Z is no longer fooled

Young Brits are finally putting two and two together and realising that Labour's UK is nothing like the future we were promised. Benefits Britain is spiralling out of control, and the most infuriating part is that some people can literally take home more money on benefits than they would at a paid job. How on Earth is that a system anyone could defend? It's insulting to every young person actually trying to build a life.

New data from the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) shows attitudes towards benefit claimants hardening as Brits have simply had enough. For the first time in a decade, the majority of Brits now believe the welfare system actively prevents people from supporting themselves. And those who strongly believe benefits should be less generous so people can "stand on their own two feet" have reached their highest point since 1987. Public frustration is beginning to boil over.

As someone in Gen Z, I'm relieved to see younger adults waking up too. The share of young people who back stricter benefits jumped from 13% to 28% in a single year. Even the generation of politicians thought they could rely on forever is starting to recognise that something is deeply wrong.

Luke Tryl, executive director of More in Common, highlighted the example of a young criminal barrister "struggling to get by and still flat-sharing heading into his 30s." And he's right - this is completely normal now. I know countless 25-35-year-olds in decent jobs, earning decent wages, who are trapped paying over £1,000 a month for a single room in a five-bedroom house share. The idea of saving for a home is almost laughable.

Meanwhile, those of us working are watching others who are, as Tryl puts it, "not seen to be doing their bit" - and it's fuelling a "zero-sum attitude" that's no longer confined to deprived areas. It's spreading to young professionals who feel like they are being taken for fools.

Yet Labour's welfare system continues to expand, backed by a bloated bill that half of the Government didn't even want to cut. It continues to fund a system that feels increasingly unfair to the people who are actually paying into it.

We're told it's all necessary, yet luxury Motability cars are handed out like candy for conditions as pathetic as "constipation" or "anxiety." Meanwhile, workers save for a year just to afford a ten-year-old runaround out of highly taxed paychecks. How is anyone supposed to look at that and feel anything but resentment?

One in 10 working-age people is now on disability or sickness benefits. These claims are projected to cost an extra £30bn by 2029, and psychiatric disorders - including anxiety and depression - make up 40% of claims. The numbers keep climbing, and the Government's only answer is to throw more money at a system that isn't helping workers or claimants in the long run.

Young people aren't stupid. We're simply tired of working harder while the system rewards those who don't do their part.