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Credit where it’s due?

nevip
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Gareth Morgan
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I refer the right honourable gentleman to my postings about this over the past couple of years


March 24th 2011 - http://blog.cix.co.uk/gmorgan/2011/03/24/income-tax-change-hits-the-poorest-workers/

January 29th 2012 - http://blog.cix.co.uk/gmorgan/2012/01/29/nick-cleggs-tax-relief-proposal-would-hit-the-poorest-most/

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March 21st 2012 - http://blog.cix.co.uk/gmorgan/2012/03/21/leaked-tax-allowance-rise/

Repetitive though I may be, it does seem to demonstrate that the LibDems, amongst others, have no idea how means-tested benefits work for those in employment.

Paul Treloar
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Here’s a link to Gingerbread’s press release and a link to their briefing Poorest workers to lose out unless government changes course on in-work support

nevip
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“Repetitive though I may be, it does seem to demonstrate that the LibDems, amongst others, have no idea how means-tested benefits work for those in employment.”

It might be a good idea for government ministers to spend time working at the coal face of the fields which their ministry covers,  Thus the incoming SoS for the DWP should go on an extensive welfare rights course and then spend time working in a benefit office.  His colleague at the home office can spend time working in a prison, his colleague at the foreign office could spend several weeks square bashing, and so on and so forth.  With a bit of luck it would give them pause for thought before they came up with what they believe are dazzling policy ideas.  Who am I kidding?  Of course it wouldn’t.  It would be nice to see them get their well manicured hands dirty though.