tory majority, day 1289189821?????? days till budget from hell: 1
access to work schemes for disabled people have been cut
tax credits for the working poor -affecting 7 million children- are about to be slashed;
we’re told it’s cos it subsidizes low pay and businesses should pick up the slack -which is nice sentiment if you believe the tories care or if they realise the living wage actually takes into account in-work benefits and without them employers would have to top up the minimum wage by 80%, which lol will never happen
child benefit is likely to be slashed
the govt has redefined poverty to not include income and instead focus on worklessness and alcoholism. Imagine poverty being measured by jeremy kyle. They have defined poor without the being poor bit.
Most people know this is cos slashing child tax credits will plunge 300,000 into poverty and they don’t want to be held accountable.
a further 40,000+ will be plunged into poverty by the actually popular £20k (was £23k in the tory manifesto) welfare cap, which includes not just JSA but housing benefit, which leads onto…
housing benefit is going to be cut, & banned for under 21s/25s (TBC). No reform to the renting market a la miliband. 10,000 predicted to be made homeless.
speaking of which, the luxury market is booming now the threat of a mansion tax and non dom ban is no longer a problem!!!! you should read this and then throw up!!!
social cleansing is a-go as 300,000 families are shipped out of London, this will continue to increase
the shares of zero hours companies also peaked after the election now evil miliband is gone
social housing tenants earning £30k will have to start paying the market rent, pushing them out of the cities
Right to Buy is going to be expanded, depleting the last of council housing -remember, 1 in 3 RTB houses are now owned by landlords
500,000 public sector jobs to be cut
Osborne wants a ‘Surplus Law’ which will legally entrench permament austerity
the DWP is writing to ill benefit claimants asking if they’ve died yet
charities are predicting the amount of people using foodbanks will rise to 3m, up 2m
The DWP appealed against releasing statistics on the number of people who died while their benefits were sanctioned or as a result of the bedroom tax
top rate of tax is likely to be cut to 40p when the time is least controversial
inheritance tax affecting top 2% of homes is going to be cut
trade unions are now facing the strictest regulations and greatest attacks on them in the western world -collective bargaining now all but impossible
striking will be made near impossible
privatization in the nhs is going to speed up exponentially
state schools as we know them are unlikely to exist in 5 years time as free schools and academies (literal privatization) expand
student grants for the poorest are going to be phased out completely (Miliband was gonna raise them by £400)
channel 4 is set to be privatized
Murdoch will probs have another go at a BSkyB takeover now Miliband isn’t there -the control of the tabloids and news over our elections will get worse
ditto for us going to war in Syria
the Tories are going further than Thatcher and have set their sights on the BBC -likely we will be charged for iPlayer soon
and the best news is the Tories are set to change the boundaries that have admittedly given Labour an electoral advantage -by measuring consituencies by no. of registered voters. Because the poor, the young, and minorities don’t register, the chances of Labour ever winning again is bleak to say the least. You’re stuck with the Tories, realistically, till 2025. Probs 2030.
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