What the 2015 Election bullshit DIDN'T tell you . .

So basically the Tories got in because:

A)   Labour failed to reconnect with it's true working class identity.

B)   The fringe parties didn’t even get a look in due to a perverted, defunct and outdated voting system.

C)   British people are so sick of political bullshit and skullduggery that they didn’t even bother voting at all.

The media won’t tell you what this actually means for us, the ordinary UK citizen now the Tories are in control (on their own, don't forget!) so you really, really do need to read this. 

And this is just a little snapshot of the chaos to come, I’m afraid.

Although, if you've got a few bob tied up offshore somewhere. . . Don't worry, you (unlike us) will be absolutely fine. 

Tory Cuts: As Bad as we Feared

When the Chancellor, George Osbourne, refused to detail in the budget what observers estimated as £12Bn of cuts required for his plans for the next parliament to work, we all knew the likelihood was the Tories were going to trash disability benefits again. Those cuts have now leaked, and they are everything we feared.

The proposed cuts (with 'savings' per annum where known) are:

Industrial Injuries Compensation Scheme: companies to be made to pay instead. Of course this then puts the onus on the injured party to sue their employer when they refuse to pay out. They're supposed to use an insurer, but consider the history of Unum Provident and their 'disability denial mills'. £1Bn

Carer's Allowance to be restricted to people eligible for Universal Credit. 40% of carers to lose eligibility at a stroke. £1Bn

Contributory Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and Contributory Job Seeker's Allowance (JSA) to be means-tested, meaning 300,000 families losing £80 a week (and then you get to a year and lose everything through time-limiting). £1.3Bn (Edited to add:) The Institute for Fiscal Studies have pointed out this effectively means the abolition of cESA and cJSA, all unemployment claims will be treated on basis of the means-tested basis of Income-Based ESA or JSA, meaning your National Insurance contributions mean nothing.

Disability Living Allowance, Personal Independence Payments and Attendance Allowance to be taxed. £1.5Bn

Council Tax Support merged into Universal Credit.

Child Benefit only for first two children. £1Bn

Regional Benefit Caps to be introduced. Cameron already wants to cut the maximum benefits payable from £26,000 to £23,000, under this proposal only those in London would get that amount, the rest of the country would get less.

Words courtesy of David G @

http://wheresthebenefit.blogspot.co.uk/