Quote Originally Posted by donsdaft View Post
Far far too many folk on benefits.
The weird thing is that folk who claim to be on the left want to keep them on benefits.
Problem is there's generational, systemic, sociological disenfranchisement rife in this country.
You don't fix that by cutting benefits, it takes generations of targeted, effective investment in education and social care.

You don't undo forty odd years of "letting the markets decide" in two budgets.