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George Osborne will set out the government's spending plans in the Autumn Statement and Spending Review at 12.30pm today. It's the first since the Conservatives were elected, and Osbourne looks set to announce the detail of £20bn of cuts to departmental budgets, and £12bn cuts to welfare. He'll promise £7bn for new housebuilding, and will also announce plans to mitigate the effects of tax credit cuts, after the government's original measures were blocked by the House of Lords last month.

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There's been rumours that he's going to cut housing benefit instead. Any info on that yet? Can't watch it due to dcs.

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I think they tried to implement the cuts into UC, but IDS actually blocked it, saying no. (always a first, I suppose)

Not yet I think Ginger.

Yes he cut new tenancy hb, and those out of the country over a month.

Blimey. He doesn't half go on.

So has he said where the £12bn cuts to welfare are coming from yet?

Accounting experts, working out new evasions as he speaks.

Watching BBC summary....

+£12bn weapons

• £4 bn nhs

• £12bn welfare

Nice priorities...

Yes there's nothing like a bit of creative accounting

Listened to concerns about tax credits my arse - couldn't have a another slapdown from HoL, and as he said being phased out anyway

So 12bn for war
Paid for by the tax payer, the same people who have lost tc and cb

They do seem to have a list of the more vulnerable groups, so they can rotate among them for who to take money and funding from. It's very much an exercise in "take from this group until they kick off, then move on to the next group."

For a war most people don't want, who is going to become collateral damage during this war?

So people struggle to obtain a mortgage, they want to sell off council housing and cut new hb claims?

inequality, child poverty are down??? what world is he living in??

Don't think they had any real intention of cutting tcs but by "cancelling" it those potentially affected are relieved. Wtf re tampon tax going to Women's Health, women still contribute to men's health care.

So student nurses aren't getting bursaries anymore but someone on £99k can get free childcare? It makes absolutely no fucking sense!

it sounds like they expect us to be grateful. I'm not impressed.

I don't understand this childcare thing. They said there was no funding for it ages ago and axed it. Why is it a thing again now??

The child care thing is due to WEP pressure.

They think loans instead of grants means more will want to become students.

Does anybody actually know what the changes to housing benefit will be?

I think I saw same cap applied to social housing as private rentals?

Nothing that will directly benefit me then. No surprise there.

They think loans instead of grants means more will want to become students.

They could have filled every place 16 times on the course DS2 is on, unfortunately the ConDems cut student nurse places. I'm glad DS2 started his degree this year and is not going to be saddled with the debt.