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Originally Posted by Chris
Damien, I don't know whose idle guff you've been inhaling this morning but you really ought to stop. You are far more intelligent than this.
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I understand that the 1% NI insurance rise is not linked to funding social services, I guess that was a bad example. My point is the idea that services need to be cut back and there is too much spending. I would like to know what services can be cut, because there will be hard cuts, and everyone admits they are needed until it affects a invaluable service to them. Which is why I worry that a minority will have their services cut even though they may be of extreme importance to them.
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Originally Posted by Xaccers
I mentioned them and their prominance to suggest that they are unlikely to be cut.
Under Labour, Social Services have been stretched and overworked so much that they're making mistakes every day, failing to tackle that (ie allowing more children to die by restricting SS' ability to function) would be a huge black eye for the next government.
As someone who lost a child suffeing from a neurological condition, he is unlikely to support cutting services there. From a cynical point of view it would also be a personal black eye for Cameron if the media is able to portray him as using those services for his son, then denying them for other people's children.
He's also made a huge point about government support and cooperation with charities which provide such services.
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Fair enough. However there are different types of care and different types of condition. Most of his son's care was direct from the NHS and not council services wasn't it? There are centres for people, adults, with long term conditions such as autism. Expensive. Not Well Known. Not lots of people use them.
I have absolutely no evidence the Tories will cut this at all by the way, but it is a concern when they talk about cuts because like all politicians they will probably go for the least politically denting ones. It may be the case, as Chris said, that they won't have a clue until after the election. Still I would lean towards tax increases than cutting any real services that people need.