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Originally Posted by jfman
Interesting that the solution isn’t to deal with deprivation?
Keep the two child benefit cap
End winter fuel payments
No magic money tree
Saving up problems for the next riot.
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I'm sure that the two-child benefit cap will be ended by the time that Starmer has completed his first term. I suspect he's afraid of being portrayed by the media as spend thrift.
I don't think the winter fuel payments are being ended totally - just limited to the poorer in society.
Starmer seems to have bought into the belief of trying to make the whole country richer so everyone is better off and not tying to distribute the wealth more equally. How long this approach will last remains to be seen.
The thing I'm most encouraged about is the appointment of James Timpson as Prisons Minister. If we can get offenders back into work their chances of re-offending are substantially reduced and the state won't need to pay them to not work.