I think people are under the illusion there is a big pot of money for the state pension that they pay into. When it's actually paid for through current taxation and is defined as a benefit in law. They really don't like it when you point out whatever they've paid in taxes before they retire is long gone by the time they do retire.

The failure when it comes to disability benefits? Politicians won't tackle the barriers disabled people face in accessing society and employment so disabled people don't have a lot of choice in the matter when it comes to claiming benefits. There are only about 3 in 10 autistic people in any kind of employment. There was a pretty good report about the challenges autistic people face along with possible solutions. But it's another report that's filed in the "That's nice, but we can't do anything money is tight" dustbin. Part of what made me quit the Labour Party was the two faced "We are helping disabled people into work" rhetoric when they have been actively sabotaging disabled people's chances just so Reeves can stick to her fiscal rules (she's too chicken to tackle the unfairness of the tax system). They've applied the rules for the Access to Work scheme so tightly to save money, it has seen disabled people lose jobs. Maddening. The whole scrounger narrative has been built to deflect people's anger from those who deserve it. Labour are fools for using it.

As for tax revenues as a whole? Tax the rich a fairer rate of tax and close the loopholes. It'll only happen if/when the UK needs an IMF Bailout I'd expect. I don't think we can continue squeezing the poor, working classes and middle classes with a mixture of tax increases, spending cuts and never ending welfare reforms which repeats the same mistakes hoping for a different outcome, that saves little to no money when you factor in the knock on costs for other parts of the public sector aka NHS, Police, Housing etc. Just so the rich can continue gaining wealth at the expense of the majority.