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nickgusset  Shizzlehurst 22 Feb 13 6.40pm |
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Quote Y Ddraig Goch at 22 Feb 2013 6.23pm
Just a thought, if someone who lives on their own in a two bedroom house and is on benefit is persuaded / coerced (delete as per political persuasion,) to move into a one bedroom house surely we are doing them a favour. Cheaper running costs and all that?
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 Johnny Eagles  berlin 23 Feb 13 7.06am |
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Quote Kermit8 at 22 Feb 2013 12.15pm
It was unregulated banks, greed and aggressive capitalism that has brought us to this pathetic point. It wasn't just that. They p*ssed the north sea oil money up the wall. And they flogged off everything from british airways to the gas and water and blew the proceeds on a massive house price boom (which then bust). Before that they let most of British industry go to the wall in the 1979-81 recession, in the name of monetarism. Before that there was the civil war between the government and the unions which meant we needed an IMF bailout while the likes of Germany and Italy overtook us. We've been in decline for donkeys years, mate, the bankers were just the latest muppets in a long line.
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Kermit8  Hevon 23 Feb 13 8.17am |
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Quote Johnny Eagles at 23 Feb 2013 7.06am
Quote Kermit8 at 22 Feb 2013 12.15pm
It was unregulated banks, greed and aggressive capitalism that has brought us to this pathetic point. It wasn't just that. They p*ssed the north sea oil money up the wall. And they flogged off everything from british airways to the gas and water and blew the proceeds on a massive house price boom (which then bust). Before that they let most of British industry go to the wall in the 1979-81 recession, in the name of monetarism. Before that there was the civil war between the government and the unions which meant we needed an IMF bailout while the likes of Germany and Italy overtook us. We've been in decline for donkeys years, mate, the bankers were just the latest muppets in a long line.
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| Stuk Top half 25 Feb 13 6.17pm |
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I noted in a report over the weekend that will affect approx. 600,000 people. No chance 420,000 of those will be disabled as was intimated. They also specifically exclude those that have an overnight carer from these changes. Edited by Stuk (25 Feb 2013 6.17pm)
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| johnfirewall 02 Mar 13 10.28pm |
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Suppose the tennant should just be able to rent the spare room out privately?
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 10 Mar 13 12.53am |
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Quote Stuk at 25 Feb 2013 6.17pm
I noted in a report over the weekend that will affect approx. 600,000 people. No chance 420,000 of those will be disabled as was intimated. They also specifically exclude those that have an overnight carer from these changes.
Edited by nickgusset (10 Mar 2013 12.54am)
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 10 Mar 13 12.54am |
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Quote johnfirewall at 02 Mar 2013 10.28pm
Suppose the tennant should just be able to rent the spare room out privately?
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| jamiemartin721 Reading 10 Mar 13 1.09am |
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It'll cost more to administer than it will save and be a PR nightmare waiting to happen (when the inevitable lawsuits occur over 'fostered occupants'). Unrealistic, and unpractical, it looks like a 'tough on benefits' gesture to get the panties of the right wing wet.
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 10 Mar 13 11.24pm |
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worth reading the comments under IDS's article.
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| nickgusset Shizzlehurst 06 Sep 14 8.10am |
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Good to see the commons scrap the spare room subsidy for those disabled or with children. Twas a nasty law from a nasty party.
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| legaleagle 06 Sep 14 9.53am |
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...and desperately trying to regain some voter credibility as not being simply minor bedfellows of the tories to try to avoid their vote getting decimated at the next election... Edited by legaleagle (06 Sep 2014 9.55am)
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| Willo South coast - west of Brighton. 06 Sep 14 10.06am |
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Quote legaleagle at 06 Sep 2014 9.53am
...and desperately trying to regain some voter credibility as not being simply minor bedfellows of the tories to try to avoid their vote getting decimated at the next election... Edited by legaleagle (06 Sep 2014 9.55am) Indeed !
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