the Tories economic plan is working.

As study reveals 1 million Scots have been plunged into poverty, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith hails figures a









SHAMEFUL new figures have revealed there are now one million Scots living in poverty and UK Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has hailed the figures as an indication the Tories economic plan is working.    



ONE million Scots are living in poverty, figures revealed yesterday.

The shocking statistics showed almost one in five of us is on the breadline – and the problem is getting worse.

But the shame-faced Con-Dem Government claim their swingeing cuts and austerity measures are actually protecting the poor.

Official statistics for 2012-13 showed how many Scots were left struggling to get by after meeting housing costs.

They included 220,000 children, up 30,000 on the previous year.
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The figures showed the poorest households have been hit hardest by austerity cuts, losing an average of £20 a week.

But those in work are also suffering because of low wages and rising costs of living.

Six out of every 10 kids in poverty are from families where at least one adult is working.

UK Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith said child poverty had fallen.

He added: “Despite the deepest debt-fuelled recession in living memory, we have protected the most vulnerable families from falling behind, with 300,000 fewer children in poverty since 2010.”

But the figures from Duncan Smith’s own department showed 820,000 Scots were struggling to get by last year.

They were classed as being in relative poverty – where household income is less than 60 per cent of the average.

The total hit one million when housing costs were included.

Across the UK, 10.6million Britons were in absolute poverty.

Peter Kelly, of the Poverty Alliance, said: “Much of this is due to the policies being pursued by the current UK Government.

“Regressive tax policies and punitive welfare reform measures are pushing more people into poverty.

“People in Scotland and the UK simply don’t have enough money to live on.”

Scottish Labour social justice spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said: “The SNP failed to act quickly enough to mitigate the impact of the Tories’ bedroom tax in Scotland.”

But SNP Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said: “The Scottish Government has focused on doing everything we can to mitigate the harmful effects of Westminster welfare cuts. But the impact is still being felt by the most vulnerable in our society.”


http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/study-reveals-1-million-scots-3795489

IDS is obscene, not sure whether Scottish independance is the answer to Uk's woes, though, as it would iincrease the chances of Cameron being re-elected.
This shower of shit need to to be on the opposition benches asap.

It's disgraceful how IDS can claim folk are now better off AFTER such drastic austerity measures,,what a dirty liar.

I watched a thing I had recorded on Sky about people on benefits on in Great Yarmouth I think it was,..a place where most work is seasonal and extremely scarce ...

The programme showed various people trying to land work while on benefits...one young couple with a baby
had their benefits stopped because they were something like 15 minutes late for a previous appt at the jobcentre,,,

Now how the hell is that going to help anyone ?, plunging them further into poverty like that.

Any excuse to avoid paying people what they are rightfully due in benefits, I never knew they could do that...they can cut the amount if benefit or stop benefits entirely if someone is late for an appointment and it seems the government are now making it harder for folk to claim by making people wait weeks fir benefits once they have applied....


Poverty is all around us now, regardless of where we live in the UK, but I acknowledge the Tories never have liked the Scots and we shall never forget our Guinea Pig trails of yesteryear.


IDS is a Patronising lying , sneaky Tory git.

Amazing how they bow to their backers (details of the millionaires parties they held on another thread) to make sure the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

I hope there is karma, because they are definitely due some.