Category Archives: Austerity

This is a battle that we can win

Posted on April 8, 2013 by Sean Thompson

Last week, Hilary Benn MP, Labour’s Shadow Local Government Secretary, made an attack on the imposition of the Bedroom Tax in which he said ‘It’s hard to imagine that Conservative and Liberal Democrat councillors would want to stand silently by … Continue reading →

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‘The foothills of reform’

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Sean Thompson

A quick look in the Telegraph today shows the direction of travel that the Tories want to go in. In an editorial entitled ‘We have only reached the foothills of reform’ the Telegraph says that ‘Although today is a good … Continue reading →

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Squeezing blood from stones – Tory style

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Sean Thompson

Under the current system, people on low or no incomes have up to 100% of their council tax paid by their local council through Council Tax benefit. However, in just five weeks time, at the beginning of April, the  current … Continue reading →

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Can’t pay? Don’t pay

Posted on February 25, 2013 by Sean Thompson

Obviously, we all know that this is Government is absolutely vile. But of all the vile things that they have done, or are planning to do (or at least, that they currently admit they are planning) the imposition of the … Continue reading →

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