Which is why having rigorous checks and tests isn't mean or gatekeeping, it means benefits can be justified and can be supported by most people.

The head of a food bank actually pointed this out to me. He told me the story of a Labour MP who came to the food bank and said something along the lines of "great work you do here but it's a shame you have to exist at all". The owner pointed out to the MP that most of the people they gave food to were just waiting for their benefits claim to go through the system which takes a couple of weeks. If they weren't checked thoroughly and the government just gave money away then people would lose faith in the benefits system and start voting against it.

The trouble is a lot of middle class people see benefits as like a charity where they pay taxes and it goes to the poor needy people beneath them. They don't care if people con the system because in their eyes those people are victims just because they are lowly working class.

Meanwhile the majority of people who are working class see benefits more as a social insurance scheme were you all pay in so that if you fall on hard times to have a safety net. They see people who cheat the system as harming the whole of society and taking resources away from genuinely needy people.