Report warns higher dole rates will keep families on register

A government report has warned that increasing social welfare rates in the budget could make it more likely for families to stay on the dole.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said it is a central policy objective to “make work pay” but the €5 increases in weekly social welfare rates in the past two budgets have closed the gap with what can be earned at work.

A spending review has found that the current ...