1.   On a busy road, though, an extra car adds to congestion and so reduces the benefits other motorists are enjoying.

2.   The training and employment opportunities available to young people have Declined and benefit has been reduced.

3.   After the company announced plans to reduce benefits, the union threatened to retaliate by calling for a strike.

4.   Basic unemployment benefits were reduced, while other supplementary benefits for unemployed people, for single parents and for the sick were to be subjected to means testing.

5.   Unemployment benefit would be reduced, and savings made on pensions and housing support.

6.   The ex Chancellor will gain a billion pounds through National Insurance and reduced benefits.

7.   Option number three -- reducing benefits -- looks more promising.

8.   However, employers could find themselves in a tight corner if they attempted to increase employee contributions or reduce benefits.

9.   And if the federal government reduces Medicare benefits, state and local governments may be forced to pick up health care costs for their elderly populations.