I don't understand politics or politicians really. There is a large group of the electorate who feel they are being pinched year on year and things are getting worse and surely any political party who openly opposed such measures in a way that was deemed to be fair by 90% of society would see...
It is about balancing the books, if we have more being paid out to those who don't need it and less coming in from those who could afford to pay but manage to avoid paying then we cannot subsidise things no matter how useful it may be for the country in the long run.
Most people would agree...