With the impending announcement of severe cuts in October, it seems that as always the poor will bear the brunt of these cutbacks; jobs are scarce and the govt intend to get those on incapacity benefit back into work- there is a misnomer about incapacity, as rich kids like George Osborne think its a "lifestyle choice"; is he mad? who in their right mind would want to live off £90 a week? this barely stretches to food and then you have bills, rent, t.v license, prescription charges, travel etc- as Secret Millionaire showed living off state benefits is not a lifestyle choice! and while George Osborne sips another glass of champagne on board some luxury yacht and his mates slap him on the back, telling him what a great job he is doing, families in estates all over the UK are wondering whether to feed themselves or go without electricity! Also a large percentage of those on benefits like incapacity make up a huge portion of people working in the volunteer sector.
show your disdain for the proposed cuts and download Emergency Verse an e-anthology of poets protesting at this challenge to our welfare rights:
http://www.therecusant.org.uk/
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