Because they are the people who are most likely to be affected by the inevitable (and warned of today by the Chancellor) further austerity measures and 'tightening of belts'. I work in public services (social), I know what austerity has done. We felt like their might have been some light at the end of the tunnel in the face of dramatic cuts year on year for the last however many years (with no real effect on our borrowing it seems....)Originally Posted by Planters
Who knows where the next ones will come from. It is most certainly NOT going to make our NHS better...
Those who rely solely or partially on benefits will be hit hardest. Those with no reliance and a bit of capacity to suck up mortgage/rent increases will feel it, but not as badly as those at the bottom - who are also the ones most likely to have been duped by the Sun, etc into thinking that its going to turn their world around [for the better]. Even the former Sun editor has come and said he was wrong.
Lets remember, we have a Tory government, they haven't been too 'giving' to the little people in recent years (and still managed to get their vote at the last General election, my mind still boggles about that - maybe that set a precedent for the Brexit vote...)
In the long run, who knows, but now there are years of further pain, our rating lowered, borrowing gets more expensive, less money in the pot for social welfare, etc, etc, etc.
They certainly don't seem to be doing much to encourage the home grown industry to flourish and therefore pick up the wage shortfall that would allow them to reduce the tax credits they pay out - and they seem to want to cut off the various sources of EU funding that do just that.
As I said, I seriously doubt it'll happen - or certainly not in the in/out way people expect. I may even make a wager...