The more you look at #Budget2023 the more you see what it doesn't do for ordinary people.
Where's the rise in minimum wage?
Where's the inflation proofed #PublicSectorPay?
Where's the onshore renewables & insulation to bring down bills? Where's our public transport?
#VoteGreen
RT @OBR_UK: Living standards are expected to fall by 6% over this fiscal year and next as inflation outstrips income growth. This is less than the 7% fall we expected in November but still t…
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No. They want to make people work for low pay that isn't worth working for.
By forcing UC recipients to take jobs that someone else decides are ok.
By forcing parents and grandparents back to work by declaring that they'll have childcare vouchers (but nowhere to spend them 🙄).
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'Affordability' of pay rises works both ways. Govt & employers claim they 'can't afford' reasonable increases of 12% over 2 years. Public service workers literally cannot afford to subsidise the state by being 25-30% poorer over 10 years. So they leave & services cannot be provided - #NHS
What's #Budget2023 all about? Exploiting the workforce to extract more profit from the people who can't afford to work. But not by paying them enough to make it possible and worthwhile. Oh no! Nothing like that.
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