Considering the bleak state of the UK's finances, we ask if there really a place for the current Welfare system in such an economic environment. This question has been brought into focus after the recent shake up of the welfare system which has seen many changes, particularly in Council Tax Payments and Housing Benefits. In collaboration with the Cambridge University Conservative Association. Proposition: 00:50 Freddie Gray - Assistant Editor of The Spectator and a former Literary Editor of the American Conservative 29:35 Ryan Bourne - A former Cambridge student and is the current Head of Economic Research at the Centre for Policy Studies 58:53 Chris Skidmore - Conservative MP for Kingswood & a widely published Historian. He is a member of the Free Enterprise Group of MPs & co-author of the Brittania Unchained Study of the UK workforce. Opposition: 14:04 Kate Pickett - Professor of Epidemiology at the University of York & author of the Spirit Level 41:30 Tom Belger - A 3rd Year PPS student at Churchill college whose research is focused on the welfare state 1:06:04 Steven Timms - The Shadow Minister for Employment and a former minister of the Department for Work and Pensions Results: Ayes: 64 Noes: 78

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