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“The Resolution Foundation thinktank warned that cutting Pip by £5bn in 2029-30 by raising the qualifying threshold for support could mean about 620,000 people lose £675 a month on average. It said 70% of these cuts would be concentrated on those families in the poorest half of the income distribution.”
What is #Starmer and his advisors in #Labour thinking with this brutal, Muskian lurch to the right? Strategically it will alienate his MPs, members and voters. Bonkers.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/mar/16/starmer-to-drive-through-welfare-cuts-that-could-affect-uks-most-severely-disabled
@nicol I honestly don't think this is a lurch to the right: Uk Gov has been firmly to the right of the Tories in many policies since election. And remember: their basis of power rests on a massive stack of pro-Israel lies. I mean - they are dishonest in their DNA - and we knew it before they were elected.
So no shock at all here.