Will Tories stab poorest families in the back?

 

The UK’s most deprived families have been the worst ones affected by the coronavirus pandemic's economic fallout. These people are expected to find it much harder to recover as society rebuilds, a new report warns.

The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) reported that those who had been struggling to make ends meet before March last year were more likely to work in precarious jobs or sectors of the economy that had been hardest hit by lockdowns.

In response to the poverty problem Primer Minister Boris Johnson, has hinted that he may cut millions of families' Universal Credit by £20 a week in April. 

If this controversial Tory stab at the underprivileged is implemented, Johnson’s actions would be in stark contrast to previous moves to help the poorest families. Universal Credit was previously raised by £1,040 for the 2020/21 financial year to help with the significant impact of coronavirus.

Incidentally, Southport’s Tory MP Damien Moore previously claimed that Universal credit was “Simple and fair and will be effective for the whole country.”

https://www.otsnews.co.uk/universal-credit-fiasco-hitting-uks-vulnerable-families-hardest/

Mr Johnson stated that any final rate was still under review - but refused calls to end the anguish for families now.

He said: "I think what we want to see is jobs. We want to see people in employment, we want to see the economy bouncing back. I think most people in this country would rather see a focus on jobs and a growth in wages than focusing on welfare.”

Others have mentioned that Johnson’s aloof and out-of-touch sense of reality appears to discount the fact that many people who are dependent on Universal Credit are in fact also working, yet only receive low wages. 

The PM had said: “the best thing is to get people into employment".  With this imperial wave of the wrist, he appeared to be blissfully unaware that 39 per cent of the 5.7million people on Universal Credit in October already had a job.

The PM  is not without a few bob himself - according to site Celebrity Net Worth, Boris Johnson’s net worth is an estimated £3.25million. 

Tory policies successfully ensured that many established UK businesses were closing down, well before the Covid panic started

https://www.otsnews.co.uk/thousand-nurseries-close-tory-free-childcare-scheme-fails/