MSE News: Summer Budget 2015: Millions to face benefit cuts

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A_Flock_Of_Sheep wrote: »

I will be doing the same and will be vigorously and robustly chasing it up. They are tory so I will ask their view on the fact that I may as well quit my job and be fully reliant on benefits bearing in mind call me Dave's campaign to ensure work pays.

I'm luck in that mine is Labour, he voted against a lot of the benefit reform and voted for disabled people being supported. So hopefully he will hear what i've said.

But regardless of who it is, you have a right for your voice to be heard, so get in contact with them. Who knows if enough people do maybe it could be challenged? (wishful thinking i know but im trying to stay positive)

A_Flock_Of_Sheep

Icequeen99 wrote: »

Anyone getting tax credits will be worse off unless they are out of work benefits or earn below 3850 a year.

IQ

Who on earth earns < £3,850 a year. No one would get out of bed for that. You may as well be on JSA.

Londonsu

A_Flock_Of_Sheep wrote: »

Why have they not screwed down on Pension Credit then? Changed the income thresholds for that so pensioners lose thousands a year?

according to age uk there is 2.8 bn a YEAR in unclaimed pension credits and not many people on pension credit gets 1000s a year

Londonsu

xXMessedUpXx wrote: »

Didn't pension credit go up? Could have sworn he said it was going up (as i recall shouting at the tv )

not as far as I know, in fact when my dads pension went up £3 a week his pension credit was reduced by £2 a week

A_Flock_Of_Sheep

Gerogey also said:

"So those who oppose any savings to Tax Credits will have to explain how on earth they propose to eliminate the deficit, let alone run a surplus and pay down debt".

I have a simple solution. Cut overseas aid with immediate effect and save £12bn a year instantly. Start looking after your own poor.

Icequeen99

A_Flock_Of_Sheep wrote: »

Who on earth earns < £3,850 a year. No one would get out of bed for that. You may as well be on JSA.

Plenty of self-employed tax credit claimants do.

IQ

A_Flock_Of_Sheep

I would love to know the proportion of the people who voted for this shower now face an income cut of thousands as a result of today's budget. All sucked in by the tory smooth talk of supportinh "hard working families".

Bet you all feel marvelous now. Ah well you know what to do in 5 years time. What you should have done this year. Kicked this lot out.

A_Flock_Of_Sheep

Icequeen99 wrote: »

Plenty of self-employed tax credit claimants do.

IQ

Yes but that's being abolished under UC isn't it the self employment loophole.

Londonsu

missbiggles1 wrote: »

I know - I just thought the stuck record technique might work!

of course all these people who are moaning about pensioners could do what my now pensioner Dad did in the 50s/60s when I was growing up - you know in the good old days before tax credits - work 3 jobs 18 hours a day 6 days a week.

A_Flock_Of_Sheep

Londonsu wrote: »

of course all these people who are moaning about pensioners could do what my now pensioner Dad did in the 50s/60s when I was growing up - you know in the good old days before tax credits - work 3 jobs 18 hours a day 6 days a week.

If I did that I would end up in hospital and be unable to do any work for a very long time.