如果你的工资低于平均水平你可以不用缴税，并且仍可以获得社会津贴。

You can avoid paying taxes if your income is below average and still get free social benefits with pension.

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在私人租房高价的时候，对住房津贴和社会住房的削减必导致更多的无家可归。

Cuts to housing benefit and social housing could, at a time of high private rents, lead to more homelessness.

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这样想来，为确保退休无忧和禁止使用童工或是赋予妇女投票权有着相似的意义：不是选择性的津贴，而是文明社会的标志。

To this way of thinking, to guarantee a comfortable retirement is akin to banning child labour or giving women the vote: not optional perks, but badges of a civilised society.

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