Three-quarters of the people hit by the Benefit Cap are children. Things just got even worse

Last Updated: November 8, 2016By Tags: , ,

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How far does the Conservative Government have to go before people wake up and realise what it is doing?

When your children are plunged into poverty, perhaps?

Or has that happened already, and you’ve done nothing about it?*

The government [has taken] another step to increase the number of children in poverty. They have done this by cutting the Benefit Cap, first introduced by the Coalition government. Outside London, the number of people in need whose benefits are cut is likely to go up by more than 700% and even in London the increase…

Source: Three quarters of the people hit by the Benefit Cap are children. Things just got even worse

*Obviously these comments are not intended for people who have done something about it – and I expect Vox Political readers will have been highly vocal in the past. I’m willing to bet you know someone for whom this is relevant, though – so please share it with them and say it is a wake-up call.

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  1. Florence November 8, 2016 at 2:57 pm - Reply

    And how many of the PLP actually support the cap – and not just the odious Frank? This article from a year ago, when Smith was the Shadow DWP minister…..

    https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/sep/16/labour-in-disarray-over-benefits-cap

  2. Linda November 8, 2016 at 3:00 pm - Reply

    Not sure I get the gist of this but, question: why aren’t workers, trade unionists who work in benefits offices (that are putting cuts into place) doing something about it? A bit of humanity please!

    • Mike Sivier November 9, 2016 at 11:37 am - Reply

      You’re not the first person to ask that question.

  3. mohandeer November 8, 2016 at 3:42 pm - Reply

    The Tories have taken this country back some 50+ years.
    What a way for children to start out in life, this takes me back to my childhood in Newcastle, poverty is back in vogue apparently.

  4. Roland Laycock November 8, 2016 at 4:27 pm - Reply

    As a Tory once told me they wanted them they should look after them nice man some say

  5. Sven Wraight November 8, 2016 at 5:16 pm - Reply

    It was clear from their manifesto (“cap overall welfare spending, lower the amount of benefits that any household can receive to £23,000 and continue to roll out Universal Credit, to make work pay”) they were economically illiterate. Surely this means they’ve no mandate for what they’re doing and it’s illegal? If it is illegal, what are our rights?

  6. Sanjit November 8, 2016 at 11:33 pm - Reply

    Considering the evolution of welfare dismantling, what is going to be the cost of rectification once this party are thrown out. It seems it’s a bit like the WW2 blitz, it can take decades to repair the damage.

    • Mike Sivier November 9, 2016 at 11:30 am - Reply

      Yes indeed, Brian.

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