Credit Where It's Due....

[ToraToraTora]

https://news.sky.com/story/minister-pat-mcfadden-says-welfare-cuts-are-coming-soon-13324958

never thought they had the bottle but well done.

[dave50]

Yes course they are, from a labour government?

[tomus42]

Priorities change.

[fripfrip]

saying it and doing it are two different things.

[bednobs]

but, but but, youve been banging on moaning at the welfare cuts they already made(WFA).

or isit just because the WFA cut affects YOUR household income?

[jourdain2]

Bednobs - just to say that the all in one cut of WFA has affected us horribly.  Normally we would have been able to cope and use savings if necessary -- but OH was getting ill (91) and I've just got him home after a horrible 8 weeks in hospsital and rehab.  (very bad dose of pneumonia).

I'm having to keep the house at about 22C - which costs.

So, we are now applying for Attendance allowance (to which, we are assured by hospital,G.P. surgery and various other agencies) we are fully entitled.

We'll need it - but it will cost a lot more than just giving us theW.F.A..

 

[bednobs]

i am referring to TTT saying welfare cuts are a good thing after moaning about welfare cuts since welfare was cut.

in honesty though jourdain, it may have affected you but i bet when you went abroad on holiday recently, that cost more than you would have got in WFA?    i'm not saying you shouldnt have gone, only that you can't claim to be affected horribly, but still go on foriegn holidays i guess

[bednobs]

well you can of course moan (i didnt mean you shouldn't) but i dont understand why pensioners are sacrosanct in TTTs eyes.

[davebro3]

Talk's cheap - my guess is there will be more tax increases, more borrowing & very few cuts. Let's see...

[fender62]

all the irregular migrants are grateful for the cuts, diverted for there upkeep..

[barry1010]

Just the same as they stopped the boats and the trafficking gangs

 

[barry1010]

They want to get the long term unemployed in to work.

I would not employ anyone who applied for the job in those circumstances - no work ethic, unwilling, resentful.

 

[newmodarmy]

I'll be surprised if they actually cut any benefits and make any savings in the short term. I think it'll be more of an 'investment' in work coaches and the like to try to get people back into work. Maybe they will not worry too much about existing long term unemployed- they'll just try intervening earlier for new cases before they settle in to a life on benefits. It's not going to be easy. Good luck to them.

[DDIL]

jourdain, have you applied for pension credit?  I did a calculator experiment and you have have a lot of savings and still get a significant weekly payment.

[newmodarmy]

Hopefully jpurdain an get some help, but I'm pretty sure there is a modest private/ework related pension from jourdain's teaching, which will probably be enough to rule out pension credit

[barry1010]

It's been tried before - We'll Get Britain Working, The New Back to Work Plan, The Work Programme,Restart

Failure after failure.

This government is promising to cut the welfare bill by making it harder to claim PIP and freezing PIP. Many people claiming PIP work full time but rely on that extra money to make ends meet - being disabled can be very expensive.  I know someone who is very capable in her job but has to pay for carers and cleaners. Not a choice, a necessity. She would not be able to do her job without her hugely expensive wheelchair and adapted drive-from wheelchair van. 

[ToraToraTora]

22:23 have a day off, I'm not talking about the WFA they used to slap pensioners for not voting Labour. I'm talking about the 10s of billions they give to works shy scum for doing burger all.

[ToraToraTora]

....and no I'm not old enough to have WFA anyway so it hasn't affected me.

[DDIL]

@0904 do you honestly believe in your head that is why they cut the WFA?

 

[ToraToraTora]

Yes labour hate pensioners, cutting WFA was just one of many things they did to punish them You see older people tend to have assets and that means they vote Tory. Younger people take longer to shed their lefty brainwashing they get from Trobiscite teachers. Eventually though they too realise that real Labour crush the life out of anything they touch.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/09/04/labour-war-pensioners/

 

[bednobs]

i didnt say you, i said your household income ie your wife.#why don't YOU have a day off occasionally?  or is that sage advice just to apply to people who disagree with you, or point out your inconsistencies?