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Ignitionnet · 29-01-2015, 19:04

The problem is, Hugh, this will affect young parents and the most vulnerable more than others.

It's too indiscriminate.

I would far rather see a programme of social housing building, you know the kind of housing that Thatcher destroyed to buy votes from her newly created property owning classes, alongside a more contributory form of welfare.

Along with this the welfare cap shouldn't go down. The formula it was calculated on was agreed and had cross-party support.

I would also suggest there's no reason why, if we're cutting housing benefit from the 18-20s, we shouldn't cut it from everyone else.

I appreciate this wouldn't be politically expedient as it wouldn't be a policy whose effect is felt most on groups that don't generally vote for the Conservative party anyway, but we're all in it together and all that.

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Ignitionnet Inactive Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Leeds, West Yorkshire Age: 47 Posts: 13,995	Re: Torys to cut housing benefit of young The problem is, Hugh, this will affect young parents and the most vulnerable more than others. It's too indiscriminate. I would far rather see a programme of social housing building, you know the kind of housing that Thatcher destroyed to buy votes from her newly created property owning classes, alongside a more contributory form of welfare. Along with this the welfare cap shouldn't go down. The formula it was calculated on was agreed and had cross-party support. I would also suggest there's no reason why, if we're cutting housing benefit from the 18-20s, we shouldn't cut it from everyone else. I appreciate this wouldn't be politically expedient as it wouldn't be a policy whose effect is felt most on groups that don't generally vote for the Conservative party anyway, but we're all in it together and all that.