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LeftishBrit

(41,192 posts)
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 09:43 AM Apr 2013

Welfare cuts unjust, say four churches




The Easter criticism has come from the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Methodist and United Reformed Churches, and the Church of Scotland.

They also want to see a change to "a false picture" of the poor as "lazy"...


A series of changes to benefits are being made in April - including capping rises on working-age benefits at 1% - which will affect hundreds of thousands of households across the UK.


Labour estimates that families will be an average of £891 worse off in the new financial year starting this week because of tax rises and cuts to tax credits and benefits introduced since 2010...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-21986041


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Welfare cuts unjust, say four churches (Original Post) LeftishBrit Apr 2013 OP
But of course Duncan Smith is quick to hit back LeftishBrit Apr 2013 #1

LeftishBrit

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1. But of course Duncan Smith is quick to hit back
Mon Apr 1, 2013, 09:49 AM
Apr 2013

Speaking on the BBC's Today programme on Monday morning, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said it was "only fair" if households had a spare room with "no legitimate reason" that they should pay for it, when other families were crammed into houses that were too small for them.

And he said he could live on £53 a week - "if I had to".


Duncan Smith also penned a joint article in the Daily Telegraph with Chancellor George Osborne.

They wrote: "Of course, if you listened to the shrill voices of the Left you'd think that every change to the welfare system, and any attempt to save money, marks the beginning of the end of the world..."


http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/01/welfare-reform-defended-by-iain-duncan-smith_n_2990785.html?utm_hp_ref=uk

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The Housing Association, and Liam Byrne who may be Labour but is far from a leftie, have been attacking this policy, pointing out that it is likely to end up costing the taxpayer more and is totally unjust, especially as there aren't many small council homes for people to move into.

Duncan-Smith is just so revolting. I think that people should take him up on his offer to live on £53 a week!

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