So, people really are dying because of the Condems 'austerity'.

[Mr Gobby]

I would also like to know ( Where,were their families dureing there hour of need )

 

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Me too. I wish the Labour Party would get their act together and go back to basics.

 

They can’t. Half of them are millionaires and they want to look after their cash

Just as much as the Tories do and they’re not going to throw all the perks, off shore incentives & tax avoidance schemes down the pan for no-one. So when you vote Labour you’re voting for a pretend socialist like Blair .

[top4718]

I would also like to know ( Where,were their families dureing there hour of need )

 

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They can’t. Half of them are millionaires and they want to look after their cash

Just as much as the Tories do and they’re not going to throw all the perks, off shore incentives & tax avoidance schemes down the pan for no-one. So when you vote Labour you’re voting for a pretend socialist like Blair .

 

Blair second only to Thatcher was the worst prime minister this country has ever had, a man with the charm of a used car salesman who is now a millionaire many, many times over thanks to his time in government, odious man.

[Bonzo77]

Well don't whinge when we get more austerity then. Harsh but fair!

 

None of them will make any significant changes though.

[tinfoilhat]

None of them will make any significant changes though.

 

The Greens might. I haven't even looked to be honest.

[Anna B]

I would also like to know ( Where,were their families dureing there hour of need )

 

This seems a reasonable question on the face of it, but I also think that you have to allow for circumstances. The days when there was a relative available at home to take on 1 to 1 care of a family member seem to be long gone, largely thanks to various government's eagerness to get women, (it's usually the woman who takes on the carer's role) back to work.

A lot can't even afford to stay at home to look after their own children, let alone another relative. Carers allowance is pitiful (about £60 a week I believe,) and even that is then stopped from the person being cared for's benefits. Could you afford to give up work tomorrow to care for a loved one full time? Maybe they lived in another part of the country, we just don't know.

 

Personally I think that in cases like these, where a person has been let down by the state so badly that they have died, there should be a test case taking the government to court.

[martok]

This seems a reasonable question on the face of it, but I also think that you have to allow for circumstances. The days when there was a relative available at home to take on 1 to 1 care of a family member seem to be long gone, largely thanks to various government's eagerness to get women, (it's usually the woman who takes on the carer's role) back to work.

A lot can't even afford to stay at home to look after their own children, let alone another relative. Carers allowance is pitiful (about £60 a week I believe,) and even that is then stopped from the person being cared for's benefits. Could you afford to give up work tomorrow to care for a loved one full time? Maybe they lived in another part of the country, we just don't know.

 

Personally I think that in cases like these, where a person has been let down by the state so badly that they have died, there should be a test case taking the government to court.

 

Why blame the government when its the local councils responsibility to care for the vulnerable?

[skinz]

Why blame the government when its the local councils responsibility to care for the vulnerable?

 

Austerity Cuts?

[Bonzo77]

Why blame the government when its the local councils responsibility to care for the vulnerable?

 

Who is responsible for cutting the council's funding by a further £60 million next year, meaning another council tax raise for sheffield?

[martok]

Austerity Cuts?

 

"Local government leaders say English councils face a 12.1% cut in their core central government funding next year."

 

The government don't tell them what to cut, they could just as easily stop wasting masses of money on crap, or they could cut their excessively high wages.

 

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Who is responsible for cutting the council's funding by a further £60 million next year, meaning another council tax raise for sheffield?

 

It would be nice to see councils running their finances efficiently and giving the population good value for money, but money for councils is easy come easy go with no personal consequences for poor management.

[skinz]

"Local government leaders say English councils face a 12.1% cut in their core central government funding next year."

 

The government don't tell them what to cut, they could just as easily stop wasting masses of money on crap, or they could cut their excessively high wages.

 

What "crap"?