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apparently the government are going to give us more time to prepare for homelessness and destitution according to The Times front page
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in what sense ?
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i'm not subscribed to the times so i can't read the article hence the screenshot.
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no I am not either
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I was watching the news this morning and paper reviews and it said as a concession to the bank bench rebellion they are going to put it back apparently. They want to give us more time to prepare for the changes.
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Thanks Martinp I hope this is true might walk to shop just to read that front page 🤣
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So they know it might cause homelessness and all they will do is give us more time! More time for what get some cardboard boxes together, makes me angry
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might be positive if delayed as someone has said in previous post
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rather than giving us more time what they need to do is have a complete reset and a cabinet change with Starming getting shut of his right hand man and advisor McSweeney (who apparently dictates policy) ….
u turn on the winter fuel allowance ✅
scrapping the 2 child benefit cap ✅
u turn on the benefits cap ✅
If Labour did the above they'd adhere themselves to the diehard Labour loyalist which they're losing at a great rate of knots, couple that with other policies farmers, fishing, immigration ect which need rethinking ….
There's a lot of talk of taxing the wealthy even more than they do already but that is not the way to go as they are the backbone of industry and will just leave this country (which they are at the rate of a millionaire an hour) ….
everyone should be responsible in getting this country out of the hole it finds it's self in so in my eyes the simple solution is to increase VAT by a couple of % …..
stop the boats (use our navy) , stop the hotel accommodation for them (£145 per person per day - tents will do ), stop gifting money to France who do sod all but wave them off !
and while we're at it stop the aid to the Ukraine (£18 billion and counting)
this country is in a mess and charity needs to start at home !
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This is from the front page on the BBC.
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says 170 rebels now
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can’t read telegraph as paywall
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I've been able to use a paywall unblocker and I've taken screenshots of the Times article so we can all read it. 😊 I've cropped them to remove photos of the usual smug looking politictions. They'd even included a picture of Farage! 🤢
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There is also lots of talk from other papers about changes to cuts to the WFA and 2 child benefits cap . Very sadly there is no mention of any you turn on the green paper. I think they might delay it slightly, but it will go ahead to pay for the other cuts
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I'd save yourself the walk. The so called concessions will do absolutely nothing to help us. 😡 About as much as we could expect from morally bankrupt low life like them. Please see the screenshots above.
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Well, it looks like the Torys are going to support the bill. Just from Sky.
Could Tories support Labour's benefit reforms?
Kieran Mullan, the Conservative shadow justice minister, is speaking to us on behalf of the opposition this morning.
He is asked about his take on Labour looking to reform welfare - including making certain payments harder to get and encouraging more people to work.
Mullan says the Conservatives wanted to implement similar changes when they were in government - but Labour opposed them.
He adds: "We'll have to look what they actually put forward to parliament.
"There's a lot of speculation at the moment around what exactly it is that they're going to do.
"But of course, it's reasonable in a situation where there are people, again, working hard, paying taxes to expect people who could be working more, who aren't working at all, to make reasonable efforts to seek work."
With a lot of discontent in the Labour Party, support from the Conservatives could provide helpful to parliamentary arithmetic - but would probably be even more toxic for the government in terms of imag
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Another labour MP has come out publicly & stated they will vote against any changes making pip harder to get then it already is. Peter Lamb MP for Crawley
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You hit the nail on the head there! 😡
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I read that the claims that pip reforms would hurt young people with MH and neurodivergent was a smokescreen. Apparently it’s older people with physical conditions that will be most affected. Personally I don’t think it should matter what condition you have , if it stops you working so you can have a decent standard of living you should get pip.
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a 1p increase on VAT would raise 7 billion per year …
this government want to impose disability cuts that will save about 5 billion a year ….
do the decent thing !
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