What can the Conservatives do for me?

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Im a single parent who is currently claiming Income Support. Previously I worked part time and brought home £800 a month plus WTC/CTC/HB and CHB. Money was tight but we got by.

What would a conservative impact have on my life?

What are their views on students parents.

How could they help me if my BF moves in? Would they get rid of the tax credits system?

What about healthcare?

Everything I hear is "less state intervention"...will it be all cuts cuts cuts? So why are people so keen on conservatives? Im confused!

Really dont know which way to vote. Labour are dead in this area so it is conservative and lib dems.

Council tax, car loan (6 yr old Vauxhall Zafira), car insurance, house and contents insurance, life insurance x 2, private pension x 1, water, gas, electricity, tv, broadband, two mobile phones, ballet lessons, football lessons, spanish lessons, swimming lessons, holiday fund, income protection, mortgage protection, food, clothes, cat food, prescriptions (dh has a full time one), travel card, petrol. Soon goes. We don't really have enough money for a cleaner but thats the subject of another thread.

"brought home" generally refers to your wage after taxes. Plus normally refers to addition...as in plus CTC/WTC etc.

Dont think it was unclear.

Now what can the conservatives do to help a single working parent?

Or a couple on a low income?

Onadietcokebreak - I think the point is that there are a lot of couples with children who are ineligible for the benefits you received, are ineligible for WTC and have a lot less than £800 a month left after paying the mortgage/rent and council tax. That's why the reaction to your OP was a little .

I read it and assumed that you received full HB tbh. It wasn't clear that you didn't.

Maybe I can help answer the question in your original post, from a business owner perspective. I think that the Conservatives will deliver a stronger economy and support businesses better, which in the medium to long term, will maintain the quality of life we have become used to and will mean that you and your children will be able to find a decent job when you need one.

Whilst labour have been in power, they have made it much harder to operate a small business. They have introduced endless red tape and stealth taxes. My business, like a lot of others, can be run from any country with decent infrastructure, so if Labour gets back into power you will probably see a flight of business abroad. If the conservatives get in, they will probably stay. My business is relatively small but large companies with thousands of employees have plans in place to move their company headquarters if Labour get in again, resulting in massive UK job losses and loss in tax revenue. There will then be less money in the pot to pay for public services, benefits etc, and there will be even fewer jobs if businesses are pushed to move out of the UK.

Thanks for your input boliedeggandsoliders. It appears not one single political party solutions and I suppose you have yo vote for which ever you think benefits your own circumstances the most.

and Lib Dem policy is to ensure small business isn't overburdened AND cut taxes for people on low incomes (no tax on income under £10,000 a year). It's not as if we have to choose between those two things - they go together pretty well.

sorry, that doesn't refer to student parents - not sure what LD policy is on that.

Thanks Vesela....if only Lib Dem would get in eh?

The problem with Cornish schools is that they are underfunded, and receive less per pupil than those in urban Labour areas.

I taught in a comp in Cornwall, as well as 3 schools in Plymouth, and they all needed more resources.

I think previous posters are right - tight spending is inevitable in the next few years and you have to vote for a party who will put the little money that is around into the stuff you care about.

My point is that everyone benefits when UK businesses are thriving, either directly through employment, or indirectly through the tax revenues they generate, that can then be spent on the NHS, etc.

It is only one issue amongst a number that could affect the way people vote, but because of my circumstances it's a big one for me.