The Tory Poverty Plan Continues

Author and Economist 1801 - 1850

It was Boris Johnson who recently repeated the mantra, that "Greed Is Good" and it reminds me of a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that glorifies it. But while Greed is good for some who have wealth, that wealth is not likely to shared around with others who are less fortunate.

Planned Poverty For Areas

The Daily Mirror Reports that, "Justice Secretary Chris Grayling’s local council Epsom and Ewell will enjoy a 3% increase, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s Waverley council is getting a 1.3% rise and Defence Secretary Philip Hammond’s Runnymede, 0.6%.

On average councils in the ten most deprived areas will have cuts of 25% but councils in the ten richest areas will only lose 2.5%, according to the figures compiled by Labour and Newcastle City Council..... Read More

Planned Poverty By Cuts

So many cuts and more planned. The Leicestershire and Rutland NAPO branch say in the face of the the cuts to the Probation Trusts, "We now need...the Ministry of Justice to eat a bit more humble pie and stop the dangerous privatisation of probation".

So much destruction of public services, and so it continues with Probation being the new victim of Tory policy. Probation Officer and campaigner Nick Alderson-Rice, says in regards to his Probation Trust, "We're begining to see very  experienced and committed probation staff leave - a  20 year plus Probation Officer and a 15 year PSO have just left. All those skills lost"


Planned Poverty By Tax Avoidance.

Again The Mirror reported towards the end of last year that, "Tax avoidance has soared under David Cameron, damning figures revealed yesterday.

The money owed to the Treasury - dubbed by officials as the “tax gap” - has grown to an eye-watering £35billion, HM Revenue and Customs has admitted.

It is made up of avoidance schemes, illegal tax dodging and mistaken underpayments....Read More

Basically, the Tories are getting fraudsters and tax avoiders to run our precious public services. 

This money should be coming back into the community purse, but instead it's staying in the pockets of the rich, or rich offshore bank havens.