Hit the poorest the hardest - is this really what people voted for?

[seagullsovergrimsby]

Because they thought they were going to get it so had already spent the money on an HD TV for the World Cup.

The £600 they will have to fork out for school dinners means no fags and lambrini

 

[beorhthelm]

If it was such a great, essential idea why didn't Labour get around to it whilst still in power?

good spot. this is not equivilent to a tax rise at all since it didnt yet exist. so the entire text is pointless foaming at the mouth of somthing that no one will miss because they never had.

 

[HH Brighton]

NICE TO SEE THE COALITION IS ALREADY TRYING TO ENTRENCH POVERTY

The coalition government is to scrap Labour's plan to extend free school meals to primary school pupils from low-income working families, in a move anti-poverty campaigners claim could saddle poor families with the equivalent of a £600-a-year tax hike.

In the Pre-Budget Report, the previous administration had pledged to extend free school meals to around 500,000 children in families with a household income of below £16,190 - initially piloting this scheme for up to 50 per cent of eligible pupils from this year. Free school meal entitlement currently ends when a family moves off employment benefits into low-paid employment.
Schools secretary Michael Gove revealed that the new Government would not honour Labour's pledge in an open letter to shadow schools secretary Ed Balls setting out how his department would make its £670 million contribution to the £6.2 billion deficit reduction plan announced by the Treasury last month.
The letter said: "I am committed to reviewing all the department's spending in order to ensure that we are not making unaffordable promises for the future, and that spending is focussed on priorities that best support the coalition government's two primary educational objectives - raising standards for all and narrowing the gap between rich and poor.
"I have therefore decided that we will not be able to proceed with the additional free school meal pilots or the extension of free school meals to larger numbers of primary schoolchildren this year."
Child poverty campaigners have hit out at the decision, claiming that suspending the support for these families is equivalent to subjecting them to a £600-a-year income tax hike.
Imran Hussain, head of policy, rights and advocacy at the Child Poverty Action Group, said: "The support of free school meals would have lifted 50,000 children out of poverty, the Treasury has said. Suspending this support is the equivalent of at least a one per cent income tax hike per child for the families it was meant to help.
"We were told by the work and pensions secretary that it was wrong that families trying to move off benefits face effective tax rates of up to 95 per cent, so we are stunned the Government is shelving plans to address this problem. It is completely at odds with the coalition's commitment to end child poverty by 2020. The decision must be urgently reviewed."

Well in reality obviously we did not vote for this as the tories did not get any sort of majority to govern the country and had to get the Lib Dems to help them out. Anyone who voted Lib Dem including myself did not vote for these sort of measures but now we find them supporting these sort of proposals, they will never be getting my vote again.
On the other hand anyone voting conservative knows they are voting for these sort pf policies. Lower and middle Britian is going to feel the brunt of this very quickly and who ever said 'they haven't dropped the bomb yet' is totally right, look out for a VAT rise and a national insurance rise very soon. The tories campaigned on the basis on not implementing Labours proposed Nataional Insurance rise but what they kept well hidden is that it will only be scrapped for employers not employees.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

remove child benefit for anyone earning over £30k combined income.

It should be removed for those earning above £25k combined income and for those under the threshold , limited to the 1st child.

 

[pork pie]

Well said. I have long thought that if two parents were working in the north of the country that they must be living like Kings.

Yes, but what are the chances of that happening?

 

[The Merry Prankster]

Viewing tax on day time tv.

 

[markw]

Nasty old Tories. How dare they not spend millions the country doesn't have.

 

[wellquickwoody]

Yes, but what are the chances of that happening?

Good point, how silly of me.

 

[bhaexpress]

It should be removed for those earning above £25k combined income and for those under the threshold , limited to the 1st child.

It should be removed full stop along with the reproductive organs of any parents who have a child they cannot pay for.

 

[BLOCK F]

It should be removed full stop along with the reproductive organs of any parents who have a child they cannot pay for.

Perhaps the fat slag single chavvy mums can cut out the fags and WKD's so they will then be able to buy their unfortunate offspring more Mars bars and crisps for their lunchboxes!

 

[bhaexpress]

Perhaps the fat slag single chavvy mums can cut out the fags and WKD's so they will then be able to buy their unfortunate offspring more Mars bars and crisps for their lunchboxes!

How much was your annual Daily Mail subscription ?

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

How much was your annual Daily Mail subscription ?

I always thought BLOCK F was a Daily Sport reader.

 

[BLOCK F]

How much was your annual Daily Mail subscription ?

Couldn't resist it as the debate had already gone down the pan by the time I saw the original thread!
Can't take it too seriously now,so might as well have a laugh!

 

[bhaexpress]

Couldn't resist it as the debate had already gone down the pan by the time I saw the original thread!
Can't take it too seriously now,so might as well have a laugh!

It was going to end in tears wasn't it ? Personally I blame Thatcher !

 

[BLOCK F]

Grimsby,read my post prior to this one!
Oh,and get a sense of humour!

 

[clippedgull]

Foreign aid should be cut to zero, until we can afford to start being generous again.

 

[Monsieur Le Plonk]

It should be removed for those earning above £25k combined income and for those under the threshold , limited to the 1st child.

Agree with this. Scandalous that this is not a means tested benefit, as was giving out those child trust fund vouchers to all and sundry. They loved a good spend that previous lot.

 

[bhaexpress]

Agree with this. Scandalous that this is not a means tested benefit, as was giving out those child trust fund vouchers to all and sundry. They loved a good spend that previous lot.

There's a whole lot of people who need to be means tested, starting with all council tenants.

 

[bhaexpress]

Foreign aid should be cut to zero, until we can afford to start being generous again.

Damn right, let's stop giving money to the EEC.

 

[seagullsovergrimsby]

It was going to end in tears wasn't it ? Personally I blame Thatcher !

She told Dodgy Dave yesterday to blame Labour because they had nicked most of her ideas.