Michael Meacher MP

Cameron’s latest foray into populism shows signs of desperation.   With IDS’ universal credit the fulcrum of the new welfare system, but now well behind schedule and likely not to be completely rolled out till 2017, Cameron fires off another scatter-gun splurge of anti-welfare pellets, before he or anyone else knows the costs or practicality of the huge upheaval already making its way slowly down the track over the next 5 years.   So why is he pushing so prematurely at a further farrago of disconnected and reckless cuts?   Answering that gives an inkling into how far things have now got out of control at No.10. (more…)