cuts - Wednesday's Spending Review

[mrsbaldwin]

Brace yourself ladies - these cuts are big, there will be tens of thousands of public sector redundancies and it's said (by the Fawcett Society amongst others) that they will disproportionately affect women.

Some workers will get some sort of payoff, and some will be pleased to go. Some will find new jobs.

But I reckon the overall effect (licks finger and holds it in the wind) will be to drive down women's wages, meaning that once you are made redundant from your public sector post you may find more work but it will be at a lower rate and the extra competition for jobs across the board will drive wages down across the board. This may be true for men as well but I think it will affect women - mums - more.

If you are watching the press coverage on Weds, what do you think the effects of the cuts and the job losses for women (and mums) will be?

but rich pensioners living in the south of spain still get their winter fuel allowance.

Exactly. Older people = voters

I am speechless - does that mean that after 2 years it might impact on child poverty?

I'm glad he's not changing anything else for the pensioners. But then again demographics dictate don't they?

I will eat my arm if Nick Clegg is voted back in

Did he really just show off about keeping a universal benefit?

Keep it for old people

Fuck the mothers and kids

Can someone clarify does a couple have to work 24 hours between them to get any tax credits?

I'll eat my arm if he doesn't. He has a 15,000 majority over the Conservatives and a 19,000 majority over Labour

mrshess - yes

mrshess - yes To get WTC a couple must work 24 hrs

mrshess that seems to be what he is saying, yes but he is going so fast

Thats what he said mrshess

Mrshess - WTC

See you back here in 4.5 years byrel for some communal arm eating

A couple has to work 24 hours to claim working tax credits - missed what he said about child tax credits though.

Has he actually done anything about those who choose not to work? Or is he just hitting families that do work?

OMG we are fucked, keep things for people who don't need them but poor young families sod em

bytheMoonlight - just those who work..so far

My WTC for 16 hrs a week is about £60 a month. Am assuming I will lose this then. Am a single parent.

btm he is hitting families that work.

I also dont understand he says there will be a time limit on contributory e s a. What happens to them after a year do they have to claim jsa? This doesnt affetc me but this seems to targeting the sick

He didn't mention single parents TheJollyPirate so you may be ok

Single parents havent been mentioned yet - so it may not apply to you JollyPirate.

Cutting business taxes?

Oh here we go - how is he going to promote growth?

Oh, that's right - freedom

Off you go people

There were concerns about hitting sick/vunerable/disabled people