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ast month’s Budget confirmed that Government is failing our economy. Growth is down, borrowing is up and families are paying the price.
The jobs crisis has just deepened further
according to new figures, and with prices rising faster than wages it’s no surprise that the Government’s own budget watchdog, the Office for Budget Responsibility, confirmed that by 2015 people will be worse off than they were in 2010. And in the face of all that, and the growing
chorus for change, David Cameron and George Osborne gave us a more of the same Budget – no change on anything important and the green light for a tax cut for those who need it least - millionaires. What we needed was a change of direction
and bold action to kickstart our flatlining economy and give real help to families on middle and low incomes – not more of the same failing policies. It is clear David Cameron and George
Osborne’s economic plan has completely failed. Families, pensioners and businesses are paying the price for their failure. Britain deserves better than this.
The start of April saw millionaires getting an
average £100,000 tax cut - at the same time as working people on modest incomes saw their tax credits cut. By asking millions to pay more while millionaires pay less, this Government aren't sharing the burden on those with the broadest shoulders.
The Bedroom tax has also begun. Hundreds of people in Edinburgh South constituency have signed Edinburgh Labour’s petition on the subject. The bedroom tax – or as the Government call
it “an under occupancy charge” - will hit thousands of families across our city and over 600 in Edinburgh South alone. I’ve been calling on the UK Government to scrap the bedroom tax, as it is an unfair attack on our neighbours, won’t solve our city’s housing
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