Thursday, 12 November 2009

Tories' amnesia over their dire record on poverty

David Cameron’s speech on Tory ideas to tackle poverty should make interesting reading!

When they were last in power they stood idly by as child poverty doubled. Why should anyone believe that they are now the right people to abolish it?

The reason unemployment has risen so rapidly in the UK is not because folk have suddenly become workshy, but because the jobs are not there.
Tory plans for benefit reform will not do anything to change that.

Blaming unemployed people for not finding work will be cold comfort to many facing Christmas on the breadline.

The priority must be to invest in creating new jobs that will bring lasting benefit to Britain and help the country out of recession.

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