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Very skewed, and self-selecting, survey seemingly predicated on the assumption that the person taking it will be adversely affected by benefit reductions and that they're on the breadline.

I can't wait to see the results of this survey turn up in the Daily Mail, saying 100% of participants object to any tax rises and benefit cuts whatsoever.

i just hope they cut the right benefits. I have a progressive ( will only get worse) illness and I get DLA, as my illness is carido thoracis (heart and lungs - thru no fault of mine) i am in the house a lot. Last winter we spent £1200 on heating oil (no mains gas only electirc in my village) I didnt get the Cold Weather payments they only go to means tested benefit recipients. We have too much in the way of savings - marginally more than the £16000 allowance. No one understands that we have ring fenced this as my husbands pension ( he is now 58) was almost halved when the Chancellor Gordon Brown robbed the pensions schemes. I travel to dialyse a 75 mls round trip 3 times a week, funded myself no financial help, and we have dropped our standard of living by a huge amount- not that it was excessive to start. I would love to have a flat screen telly, nice newcomputer, state of the art kitchen etc, but we are living on the bare minimum (hubby having just been diagnosed with a severe nerve disease. I think in my younger years I should have smoked (never have) drank, and had multiple kids with different fathers, as they seem to have brand new up to date mobile phones, flat screeb tellys, super computers, a fab social life down the pub etc....

I do agree that there are some scammers getting DLa. but i had to go thru hoops and over fences to get this awarded, and cant understand how other get it yet are very mobile (that is cycling, swimming, running and dancing etc) i can walk about 30m on a good day on a bad day its a wheelchair. . .

ok rant over !!! they really should address the right benefits. afterall, my mother bought me up without state aid, if you have kids then you should be able to support them. . . .

chloe30uk wrote: »

I hope that they cut the right benefits, I have been out of work for 6 months and seem to be unable to find a job to cover my living expenses. Currently in touch with my local MP as I have to survive on £65.45 a week to cover all household bills, car, food etc and not really managing to do this. My mum buys me bread and milk each week!

This I can relate to. I was out of work for 4 months and had to pay my half of a £625pcm mortgage, council tax, petrol for car etc etc. My mum also did a stellar job helping out.

I'm since back in work but the rate of pay is terrible and I'm seriously struggling now (I took a massive risk and took a payment break on my loan which ended shortly after I returned to work). Thankfully there are a few more jobs beginning to appear in the construction industry. My temporary contract with a contractor working on mostly public sector works is due to end in the next two weeks but it looks like Tesco are spending again so there are jobs appearing in the private sector again for me to go for.

I'm hoping that this budget won't affect us greatly but we'll have to see.

What is the point ...... other than simply a waste of money ....... to conduct a survey asking your opinion of how, as yet undeclared, changes in the emergency Budget will impact you. When the reality is just 5 days away?

Nitha wrote: »

....tax credits, seeing as families earning up to £50/£60k are eligible. The VAT increase won't impact me either, I rarely buy VAT charged products....

I've never understood how any government could justify payments to those on very good money. There's a vague memory of Princess Diana trying to refuse her Child Benefit but told she had to take it, & I think she donated it to a children's charity in the end. Likewise the extra money for heating allowances etc, that OAPs who have emigrated to Portugal & places..why?

As for the VAT, there was a promise it would NOT be added to essential utilities--but it was--& I've a sneaky suspicion it will go on everything now. Even if it doesn't, any rise will still impact by virtue of increasing the cost of transportation, insurance, packaging, etc etc etc....