Michael Meacher MP

No doubt Osborne will never dare use his infamous phrase again “We’re all in it together”.   If it was ever true, it was only till the rich wanted out, and as we now see in the run-up to this budget, that was almost immediately as soon as it had the slightest adverse impact on themselves.   Never mind that it’s going to cripple hundreds of thousands of ordinary families who will lose child tax credits because they can’t get the extra hours of work to stay qualified.   Who cares in this Tory crew about those on the breadline?   Not a bleep.   But what is really causing a rumpus is that persons on £85,000 or more (£1,635 a week) might lose their tax credits.   Now that would be really unkind, wouldn’t it?   But that’s not the half of it. (more…)