Back to the bad old days

We warned the electorate what would happen without us in co-alition but they did not listen so scared were they that the other big beast (labour or Conservative ) would win a majority in May.

Now we are discovering just how uncaring and potentially divisive Conservative majority policies can be.

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• George Osborne described his Budget proposals as `progressive and radical'. Here are some of his changes in the Welfare Act, which all our Liberal Democrat MPs voted against whilst Labour MPs abstained thus allowing the Bill to pass. Do they really think they are in co-alition?
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• introduction of a national` living wage' of £7.20ph which is lower than the current voluntary living wage
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• public sector workers' pay increases to be capped at 1% for 5 years (apart from MPs, who are expected to vote for a rise to £74,000pa)
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• the ending of tax credits for the poorly paid employed
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• family allowance, to be paid to only 2 children per household
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• child allowance to asylum seekers (who can be imprisoned if they dare to take paid work) to be drastically reduced, pushing them further into poverty
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• the Green Deal , agreed to be one of the drivers of the growth in employment which secured a Conservative victory, to be scrapped
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• more huge cuts to county councils, likely to affect youth services particularly badly
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TAKING MONEY OUT OF THE POCKETS OF THE LEAST WELL OFF IS NEITHER SENSIBLE NOR KIND. It makes no economic sense because the less well off spend their money in the UK economy and tend to pay their taxes...Unemployment rose slightly last quarter and may well continue to rise during the next year as the effects of scrapping the Green Deal and cutting pubic sector spending yet again are felt..

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