Cabinet in crisis as ministers turn on George Osborne and his tax credit letter timed to ruin Christmas

by Guest Sun Oct 25, 2015 6:10 pm

The Chancellor’s reform to tax credits will see 3.3 million families lose an average of £1,300 next year

George Osborne is facing a Cabinet backlash over his plan to cut state benefits for millions of families, who will be notified before Christmas.
Three Cabinet ministers, another senior minister and a number of Conservative advisers have privately expressed grave concerns over the Chancellor’s handling of the reforms.

More at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/georgeosborne/11953344/Cabinet-in-crisis-as-ministers-turn-on-George-Osborne-and-his-tax-credit-letter-timed-to-ruin-Christmas.html

This will be Osborne's Poll Tax and his downfall.

After more than doubling the National Debt and lying about just about everything the facade has gone and the writing is on the wall.

by Guest Sun Oct 25, 2015 6:56 pm

John McDonnell shows who the better man is:

However, the Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, has been busy writing to George Osborne, even offering to put politics aside and support him if he chooses to reverse the changes to tax credits fairly and in full.

John writes a powerful appeal to the Conservatives to do the right thing, and he shows who really is the “party for workers” – and it’s certainly not the Conservatives.

The full text of the letter is below:

Dear George,

It has only been three months since the Summer Budget when you chose to break the promise that David Cameron made to the British people during the election – that the Tories would not touch tax credits.

We now know that you plan to cut £1,300 from over 3 million families who are in work and doing all they can to pay the bills and get to the end of each month.

Last week you said that you were “comfortable” with this decision, and David Cameron said he was “delighted”, but the British people will not be happy that you are breaking the promise David Cameron gave to them during the election campaign and that working families are having their tax credits cut to pay for tax giveaways to a few wealthy individuals.

Now, you, me and everyone else in Westminster knows that you will have to u-turn on this issue. However, you need to do it in full. It can’t be a fudge. Not some partial reversal that scores cheap headlines, yet leaves people still worse off or lands another burden on middle and low earners or the poorest in our society. You need to drop this policy completely.

I know first-hand that for politicians the fallout from changing policy can be tough. But sometimes you have to be big enough to admit you got it wrong and do the right thing.

So I am appealing to you to put the interests of these 3 million families ahead of any concerns you may have about losing face and ahead of petty party politics. If you do, I promise you personally and publicly that if you u-turn and reverse this decision fairly and in full, I will not attack you for it.

To restore faith in our political system it’s time that politicians stopped making promises at elections that they won’t keep when in power – this is the lesson the Lib Dems learnt the hard way on tuition fees.

For the sake of those 3 million families, and the British people’s trust in politics, please see sense and fully u-turn on your cuts to tax credits.
I look forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely,
John

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Cabinet in crisis as ministers turn on George Osborne and his tax credit letter timed to ruin Christmas

Cabinet in crisis as ministers turn on George Osborne and his tax credit letter timed to ruin Christmas

The Chancellor’s reform to tax credits will see 3.3 million families lose an average of £1,300 next year

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