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Can I believe the Chancellor?

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jinglbellsfrocks Thu 26-Nov-15 09:59:55

ab calling the Chancellor "Gideon" is spiteful, and smacks of desperation.

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jinglbellsfrocks Thu 26-Nov-15 09:59:01

Doesn't the character of posters come across well in their postings?

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jinglbellsfrocks Thu 26-Nov-15 09:58:14

He meant nine out of ten families who are on benefits, are means tested. Child allowance and pensions are not benefits because they are universal.

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ninathenana Thu 26-Nov-15 09:49:15

I find that hard to believe too. I will have to go away and see just what benefits are means tested.

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Anniebach Thu 26-Nov-15 09:46:45

Just Gideon lying through his teeth yet again.

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Lilygran Thu 26-Nov-15 09:41:51

This morning, George Osborne was interviewed on BBC 4 Today and said when the Tories came back into power nine out of ten families were on means tested benefits. I'm gobsmacked by this statistic. I've heard it said before that nine out of ten were on benefits and DH and I had a wide-ranging discussion about what this might mean. If you count old-style child benefit and state pensions, that would cover a lot of people. But nine out of ten? Means tested?

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