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?


Let's see what was done:

Child trust funds cut (oh yes, increased for the poor)
Child benefits now with ceiling (of £26,000 - more than the average wage!)
Incapacity benefit means-tested
Elderly care means tested

The banks did not get given money. The government bought shares at the nadir. Rather like a Hedge Fund would. They are now at the point of making a profit. They also made money providing insurance for debt which also gained the governement a profit

Your "loan" of £85 would also mean you gave 70% of your car to them permanently in exchange. They then later as an afterthought asked for £2.50 a year in being so nice in buying the car.