The Starmer Labour government
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Starmer has said he will ensure the WFA (Winter Fuel Allowance) will now be paid.
Starmer has said that the maximum two child allowance would be scrapped.
Starmer wasn’t alone in scrapping the two child allowances. Farage has said he would do the same. I’m interested in knowing why Farage would be in favour of this? Any ideas?
On TikTok I watched a video where there was criticism of Starmer for this, the last part. Giving the tired old reason s, I won’t repeat here.
What was a shock that large families will receive a ‘windfall’. Is the government going to back date the benefit?
The poster was clearly trying to be alarmist and vindictive.
Can it describe the extra child allowance as a ‘windfall’?I gave up listening to his argument? If he did some research, 1m children go to school without a breakfast. Free school dinners are means tested and seen as degrading, stigmatised and humiliating, for a child who receives it.
1m children are living in poverty.From a socialist perspective, family allowance is paid to reduce real wages.
Starmer has said nothing about WASPI?
It goes without saying. There is no money for welfare benefits. Starmer is cutting benefits for the sick and disabled!
A Labour government can find billions for wars.
Yes. Governments’ spending priorities are (and have to be):
1. Creating the best conditions for profit-making.
2. Military spending, currently openly called “preparations for war spending” (used to be called “defence” spending).
3. Spending on meeting people’s needs (health, education, welfare).
In that order.
The Starmer Labour government is not reluctantly or apologetically applying these priorities as some previous Labour governments have, but openly and enthusiastically.
I don’t know who these people are or where they are coming from but it’s something to put into the dossier on the current Labour government:
Of course Labour never had any “socialist values” to “step away from” but they do seem to be stepping way from the reformist values they once proclaimed and are just into managing capitalism in accordance to how the system requires.
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