Restrictions on benefits spark fears
STROUD'S Labour party has hit out at the Government plan to cap benefits.
"It's the working poor who will be hit most by Coalition plans to cap benefits by much less than inflation," said Steve Lydon, chairman of Stroud Labour.
"The Chancellor has said it's the shirkers – the people with the curtains drawn – who are affected by his cut to tax credits and benefits, but we know this is not the truth."
He cites figures from the Institute for Fiscal Studies which says seven million working households will be affected by the cap.
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He said: "The decision to restrict the rise in benefits to one per cent is another blow to millions of working families and individuals who are struggling to make ends meet."
He added that the Labour Party is concerned that there are thousands of people who are living in poverty and that this is what the Government should be tackling.
Comments
by IsitJimKerr
Tuesday, January 15 2013, 1:00PM
“I work my @r$£ off, seven days a week, and got a 1% rise last year.
I'm self-employed, and my diesel and insurance went up mega-bucks.
While I have sympathy for genuine claimants, there are too many scroungers, who can easily claim they are 'too fat to work' and that's it, the life of Riley for them.
While I know these are in the minority, like the number of fraudulent claims, all of these 'minorities' add up to a huge amount.
Why should someone doing very little all day long, including nothing to get themselves out of a hole, get a bigger rise than those that are actually paying for their benefits?
And as for the Liebour Party being at odds with the policy, it was them that encouraged the whole benefits/welfare culture in the first place.”
by Areaman
Tuesday, January 15 2013, 7:27AM
“Labour think people on the dole should get a bigger pay rise than nurses, soldiers etc. Won't say where the money would come from to pay for it though...”