[Northern Monkey]

The government should'nt even think about this until they have forced every employer to pay a proper living wage.An actual living wage that people can live on.The country is'nt ready for this now.

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

The government should'nt even think about this until they have forced every employer to pay a proper living wage.An actual living wage that people can live on.The country is'nt ready for this now.

Completely agree with this.

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

The government should'nt even think about this until they have forced every employer to pay a proper living wage.An actual living wage that people can live on.The country is'nt ready for this now.

Quote of the day^

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Northern Monkey

The government should'nt even think about this until they have forced every employer to pay a proper living wage.An actual living wage that people can live on.The country is'nt ready for this now.

Exactly. A huge part of their argument is that the tax credits cut (in 2016) will be "balanced out" by wage increases / other increases "within this term in parliament" (i.e. by 2020).

This is typical Tory logic to be honest; these people making these decisions come from families with money and have always had a pot o' gold in their kitchen. They simply can't comprehend the quite obvious fact that millions of people can't afford to "dig into their (non-existent) savings" to cover the shortfall for four years.