Dutch Rutte government resigns over child welfare fraud scandal – Vox Political Scrapbook
I brought this to your attention yesterday, remarking on the similarity between this and the wrong done to UK child benefit claimants by the Conservatives, with their so-called ‘rape clause’.
Now this has happened:
Mark Rutte’s government has stepped down after thousands of families were wrongly accused of child welfare fraud and told to pay money back.
Families suffered an “unparalleled wrong”, Dutch MPs decided, with tax officials, politicians, judges and civil servants leaving them powerless.
An “unparalleled wrong”.
The Dutch can recognise when their government mistreats their benefit claimants abominably.
Why can’t we show the same perception, here in the UK?
Source: Dutch Rutte government resigns over child welfare fraud scandal – BBC News
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