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

Weary_soul

I would have thought it was plain considering many are already working/existing on the breadline.

But maybe this is an instance where Google is your friend. Go look it up.

bloolagoon

Weary_soul wrote: »

I would have thought it was plain considering many are already working/existing on the breadline.

But maybe this is an instance where Google is your friend. Go look it up.

I have - £375 per week for 2 adults and 2 children AFTER housing and childcare is poverty. Is that what you mean?

Weary_soul

I don't know your personal outgoings, so I have no idea.

222telme

re the proposed increase for social housing rents, may be worth a searching for the item shown below and see the figures mentioned in the document, not quite the same as mentioned in the budget -


worth searching for - social rents stay to pay and read the article by grant shapps - paying to stay in taxpayer funded housing ...

think of a number divide by 2 and catch more out .. give in one hand snatch in the other ...

bloolagoon

Weary_soul wrote: »

I don't know your personal outgoings, so I have no idea.

That's not my poverty it's the official poverty line. There's no doubt some will be worse off but I don't think many will be in extreme poverty. The ones I do think will find hardest are those on JSA in private rents. And those with large families or high rents affected by the Cap. Hopefully they will find work soon.

beecher2

222telme wrote: »

re the proposed increase for social housing rents, may be worth a searching for the item shown below and see the figures mentioned in the document, not quite the same as mentioned in the budget -


worth searching for - social rents stay to pay and read the article by grant shapps - paying to stay in taxpayer funded housing ...

think of a number divide by 2 and catch more out .. give in one hand snatch in the other ...

The £60,000 rate was announced in the 2013 Budget - this is a further tightening of Pay to Stay

GirlFromMars_2

bloolagoon wrote: »

That's not my poverty it's the official poverty line. There's no doubt some will be worse off but I don't think many will be in extreme poverty. The ones I do think will find hardest are those on JSA in private rents. And those with large families or high rents affected by the Cap. Hopefully they will find work soon.

ESA-WRAG is affected by the cap as well. Good luck to them finding work soon!

GirlFromMars_2

Weary_soul wrote: »

Oh I agree. And sadly the general population bought into it hook line and sinker.

Thing is you could tell what there agenda was right from the start and imo only an idiot wouldn't guess what they would end up doing.

I guess psychologically we're really susceptible to these kind of divide and rule tactics. It's worrying how easy it is for one disenfranchised group to blame another disenfranchised group. We're all so busy comparing our lot to everyone else, and if there's even a slight misconception that they're better off than us, clearly they're to blame & should face cuts.

Voting pensioners and their gold plated bus passes are about as far up the chain anyone is willing to vilify. I mean, who cares about the rich tax dodgers; they wear fancy suits & work exceptionally hard for the country, so obviously they need a few incentives to stick around or they'll all be off to China.

bloolagoon

GirlFromMars wrote: »

ESA-WRAG is affected by the cap as well. Good luck to them finding work soon!

Yes I do forget they are included but they could equally be receiving DLA to exempt them if long term claimants. If not then yes those in high rents will struggle too.

backinbusiness

Evening

I'm struggling to work out how this will impact on my income after April.

27hrs/week - £11,700 gross salary.

1 qualifying child.

Otherwise straightforward claim.

Can someone help please?

Thank you.

BiB