Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Government has thrown poor and vulnerable on the scrapheap – Independent


A freeze on council tax and cap on welfare will add to their misery


Amidst all of George Osborne’s triumphalism last week, the Chancellor slipped in two austerity measures that went somewhat under the radar - the welfare ‘cap’ and a freeze in council tax. Both threaten to have serious and damaging consequences for vulnerable people.

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