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Category Archives: Cuts
This is a battle that we can win
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
Unfortunately this isn’t an April Fools joke
And so it begins. From today (1 April) the Government will begin do to things; it will give a tax cut averaging £100,000 to each of the 13,000 people in Britain earning over £1m a year and it will … Continue reading
Posted in Cuts, Democracy, Labour Party, Resistance
Tagged Bedroom Tax, Disability Living Allowance, Labour
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Squeezing blood from stones – Tory style
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
Posted in Austerity, Cuts, Green Party, Labour Party, Politics, Resistance
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Can’t pay? Don’t pay
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
Posted in Austerity, Cuts, Democracy, Green Party, Labour Party, Resistance
Tagged Bedroom Tax, Council Tax, Disability, Government, Housing Benefit, Universal Credit
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Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?
Look, I don’t want to seem like a bitter and negative old git – indeed, I’m noted for my positive outlook and sunny disposition. So I don’t want to have to endlessly write denunciations of this Tory Government and its … Continue reading
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