1.   Cutting the benefits of war veterans would be doing them a great injustice.

2.   Housing benefit was sharply cut for all but the poorest people.

3.   Mr. Ashton How many welfare benefits have been cut and how many freezes have been imposed to pay for taxation cuts?

4.   Statistical accounts of those whose benefits have been cut under the Actively Seeking Work legislation to date were provided.

5.   Labour has condemned Government plans to cut benefits for young, single mothers after details of plans were leaked and published in a newspaper.

6.   An industry trade group, the American Association of Health Plans, said the cutbacks would force HMOs to cut benefits and raise the out-of-pocket costs for senior citizens.

7.   And as we waited, we held hands like two gnarly old women about to find out if our social security benefits had been cut.

8.   And she says that some companies are paying for these plans partly by cutting retirement benefits for the rank and file.

9.   As a result, Social Security benefits would be cut by a roughly corresponding amount, Bell said.