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ast month saw us just over halfway through Parliament, with the Prime Minister and Deputy


Prime Minister attempting to re-launch their Government. But no amount of re-launching


can obscure the reality that people are facing across South Edinburgh and the rest of the UK.


Sadly, their failure


means economic growth has been downgraded for this year and every year up to 2016, and our credit rating has also been downgraded. This means the UK is having to borrow £212


billion more than they planned and the benefits bill is set to soar by £13.6 billion higher than forecast. Next month,


the


Government will give a tax cut to the wealthiest - worth on average £107,000 to 8,000 people earning over £1 million – while hard-working families on low and middle incomes are being asked to pick up the bill. Most recently, the Chancellor tried to claim he was making scroungers and benefit cheats pay the price for cutting the welfare bill, but that quickly unravelled when the truth was revealed. Two-thirds of people


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