The Tories’ plan to make the rich richer
Daily Politics from the New Statesman
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Is There a Need for More Jobs?
There are lots of little ways in which o the government is signalling that it's not terribly concerned about inequality any more. Even when you look at the national insurance, which was briefed out beforehand, so if you're on 15 thousand pounds a year, you'll save like 30 quid. So it kind of proportionately benefits richer people more. The bank of england has even said, we need fewer people in work. We have the highest or the lowest level of unemployment in forty eight years. We do not need people going out and getting more jobs. This kind of idea of penalizing people who don't have jobs seems absolutely bonkers to me. Yesad, nd nact
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