FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR TORY ATTACK ON THE POOR AND VULNERABLE
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- Category: Economy
- Published: Wednesday, 23 November 2016 16:34
The Tory attack on low paid workers, benefit claimants and people with disabilities will continue for years to come unless we get rid of this government.
Most of the cuts planned by ex-Chancellor Osborne are going ahead as planned through freezing in-work benefits, rolling out Universal Credit and slashing disability payments. At the same time there are yet more tax cuts for business and extra public subsidies for capitalist free markets in housing, transport and technical innovation that have failed so miserably up to now. Instead of pumping £8bn more into the private housing sector and accelerating the forced sell-off of Housing Association properties, that money could build 140,000 new homes - almost four times more than Chancellor Hammond unveiled today.