Why Should People Who Don't Work Get Preference Over Those Who Do? ; Analysis
Mail on Sunday › December 04, 2011
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IT WAS an astonishing moment, one which left many members of my party praying they had not heard correctly. Most of last week's Autumn Statement by George Osborne was predictably bleak, spelling out how much longer than anticipated it will take to defeat the deficit, and hammering home a raft of austerity measures that will make life harder for the majority of British people.
But then came two announcements totally at odds with the rest of the speech.See the full content of this document
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Why Should People Who Don't Work Get Preference Over Those Who Do? ; Analysis
The first was that payments to those on Jobseeker's Allowance are to increase by 5.2 per cent next April, a move that will cost the country Pounds 1billion.
The second was that almost double the number of two-year-olds are now to receive free nursery care - 260,000 children instead of the 140,000 proposed la...See the full content of this document
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