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Can someone explain, please. (Spring Statement)

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DaisyAnne Wed 30-Mar-22 10:25:36

I mentioned this previously, as an aside, on the thread about Sunak's comment on Brexit.

However, his answer to the HoC Committee after the Spring Statement keeps going around my mind. I cannot see how it works either morally or economically.

Some of you voted Conservative; some intend to vote Conservative next time. Could you please explain the thinking behind his explanation to the Committee?

What he said was that as he did not want to borrow more, he decided to target support at the working population rather than channelling money to the poorest through the benefits system.

Can someone tell me why they think this is a good thing, economically and morally? It would help if I understood the thinking behind this decision.

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MayBee70 Thu 31-Mar-22 11:53:46

Johnson keeps saying they’re tackling the problem by getting more people back into work. But even working people are in poverty now. And what’s he doing to help the people that haven’t found work or can’t?

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Maudi Thu 31-Mar-22 12:55:57

No excuse now not to be able to find a job lots of vacancies. Obviously if you are genuinely disabled you might not be able to.

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Whitewavemark2 Thu 31-Mar-22 13:00:11

Times report - Sunak’s incompetence shown up by OBR

Rishi Sunak is furious with the OBR after its dire warnings about the economy overshadowed the spring statement, sources believe.
One said they were making "normative policy judgments". Another claimed he "viscerally hates the OBR"

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GillT57 Thu 31-Mar-22 15:22:41

Maudi

No excuse now not to be able to find a job lots of vacancies. Obviously if you are genuinely disabled you might not be able to.

The majority of people claiming Universal Credit are working. What is your definition of 'genuinely disabled'?

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Whitewavemark2 Thu 31-Mar-22 17:24:14

sarah murphy
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This Tory party has ruined so much. They’ve taken what wasn’t theirs to take. Smashed up things we valued. They’ve divided us. They’ve made us poorer, less safe, less respected, less democratic.
Their morale might be good. The country’s is on the floor.
And they just don’t care.

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varian Thu 31-Mar-22 20:19:11

If you are able to vote in the council elections in May, please vote to get rid of the corrupt and incompetent Conservatives.

Look to see which party is best placed to defeat them in your area. In many places it will be the Liberal Democrats, but if the Greens or the Labour Party came second last time, vote for them.

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Dinahmo Thu 31-Mar-22 22:49:03

Maudi

No excuse now not to be able to find a job lots of vacancies. Obviously if you are genuinely disabled you might not be able to.

Are you going to tell people to "get on their bikes"?

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