This morning the Hubble Space telescope discovered the detailed Tory plans for £12 billion of benefits cuts and how they will fund £8 billion of extra NHS spending. The details are in the centre of this remarkable image:
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2 Comments
Yet more uncosted promises and non-answers….
As far as £12B cuts goes….There are two possible reasons for Osborne not spelling out details
1. He’s no real idea
2. The details are so horrific that he’d lose the election….
My money’s on 1 and 2.
If a picture is worth a thousand words, my first thoughts on seeing the first picture of this set was; LibDem housing policy… 🙂
http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/gallery/2015/apr/01/over-population-over-consumption-in-pictures