Quote Originally Posted by rory_20_uk View Post
Targeted to hit the poorest... The old acclaim never looses popularity, does it?

What exactly did the poor loose? I'm not talking about hand outs here - that isn't something that they ever earned, they were given - so let's not include the council tax waiver, the subsidised food, housing, children's allowance, free prescriptions, free travel... oh how the list goes on... Are they paying more taxes? Is there a poor tax?
We currently have over 2m unemployed, and another half million are about to lose their public sector jobs. Direct effect will be poverty, secondary result will reduce wages = poor will become poorer.

Unemployment benefits are to only last a set amount of time = poor will be under more pressure and will become poorer.

Reduced public services = worse conditions/services for people who can't afford to pay

Increased higher education costs = poor will have to make themselves poorer to afford to get out of poverty