The Conservative party would have us believe that the poor deserve to be punished – Independent October 3, 2014 by Fulcrum When George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, got to his feet at the Conservative Party Conference on Monday to announce a further reduction in welfare payments, this was the situation facing the nation’s poor. About 5.5m adults go without essential clothing. Around 2.5m children live in homes that are damp. Around 1.5m children live in households that cannot afford to heat their home. More than one in five adults have had to borrow in the last year to pay for day-to-day needs. Andreas Whittam Smith. Independent. 2 October 2014 FulcrumShareTweetShare
