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?

How will they phase these benefit changes in?

He's still drinking - there must be something else.

Universal Credit..

Lady B good call

got to go back to work now

"simple single credit"? Sounds like a nice new tatic to make claiming benefits harder.

has he mentioned tax credits etc yet or are we just getting to that

looks like we are just getting there ISNT

I know he just said but the central heating just fired up for 5 seconds and I missed it.

so a universal credit to make it better for you to work - great. What about people who can't work??

I would like to see if they have modelled a large proportion of public sector ex employees not getting a job into this reduction.

No Nick clogs seat is not safe!!! It's a student heavy seat. My colleague has been lib dem since they came in- was labour before- works for them in the local party- very actively- is a member. They are up in arms- the local press is so anti clegg.

Did he just say you MUST work a certain number of hours?

He seems to have a frog in his throat

Or similar

I live in his constituency and he has a majority of about 15,000. Thats prity safe

Yes 24 hours a week

Yes alicatte

24 hours instead of 16

But from WHEN

childcare on CTC reduced to 70% - shit. That's going to help when I start work of course

This is teh cruch isn;t it. What's teh welfare bill? I don't think it's very much/ £7BN savings must represent a huge chunk of it.

yep you must work 24 hours a week to claim one of the tax credits. I missed it as a bus was parked outside the house.

Will we see that report? no impact on child poverty?

Childcare Elements down from 80% to 70%

Couples must work 24 hours per week not 16 hours per week to gain WTC
(single parents no change announced)

Child benenfit removed for HR Taxpayers

A couple must work 24 bours between them

Child benefit to remain if a child stays in full time education till 19

Students voted lib deem because of their commitments to he funding. Nick clegg needs the student vote.

Ha £200bn benefit bill is mainly pensions which are protected. bill for people considered undesirables by tories = teeny

Is it me or is he making the systems much more complex? Like he said he wouldn't