Think about sort of society we want
The UK is currently facing the biggest housing crisis in a generation due to the Tory-led coalition's failed economic policies.
In the past 12 months, house building has fallen by nine per cent and at the same time, many simply cannot afford the spiralling costs of private rent or mortgages.
As a result, this has seen a sharp rise in statutory homelessness, which has risen by a third since the coalition came to power – a stark comparison to the former Labour Government's record, when homelessness fell by 70 per cent.
This means the very real and heartbreaking tale for many struggling families has been the high price of homelessness.
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Bed and breakfast accommodations has more than tripled since the last general election, with the number of families with children living in temporary accommodation going from 630 in March 2010, to 2,020 in September 2012.
Unemployment looks set to rise again in 2013 and even for those working, many are finding it an uphill battle to meet the ever- rising cost of living.
In short, the Government's austerity solution is failing.
They have chosen to cut deep and when those cuts don't work, they cut deeper still.
At the same time, they have rewarded the rich by cutting the 50p tax, while the poorest take a benefit cut and are branded as "scroungers".
This is why in the coming year, we need to urge this ruthless Government to re-think.
We should consider carefully what type of society we want to live in.
Do we want to live in a country where our neighbours are hurled into extreme poverty and homelessness, or should we be finding a feasible plan for future generations by focusing on creating decent jobs, apprenticeships and growth?
Our country needs to look to the future and invest in our industry, infrastructure, build affordable homes and better transport.
It is time to put the welfare of our communities first and fight this Government's cut throat plan, which simply isn't working.
JO MCCARRON B&NES Labour Party Campaigner Rudmore Park Bath
Comments
by mcupis
Thursday, January 17 2013, 12:11PM
“Failed economic policies?
What the coalition has failed to do is fix the enormous economic hole that the Labour Party left the country in. They are doing their best, but the scale of it is mind boggling and the USA and the EU are still up to their necks in similar, and in some ceases even deeper, holes too.
People are homeless because they have lost their incomes due to Labour's economic mismanagement.
The pressure on jobs and housing and public services is massively increased thanks to Labour's open door immigration policies.
Despite this unemployment has been going down month on month, not up as Ms McCarron claims. There are more people employed in the private sector in this country now than there ever has been at any point in our history.
The point on tax breaks for millionaires is a simple lie, as the nation is well aware. Labour's top rate of tax for all but the last six weeks of its 13 year stay in power was 40 per cent. It is now 45 per cent. Higher earners are paying considerably more under the coalition and the two million lowest earners have been taken out of tax altogether. No matter how ofter Labour repeats this lie, it will never magically become the truth.
What sort of nation do we want to live in? How about one where politicians face the truth and do the best for the national interest, rather than peddling lies and scaremongering in their own narrow interest?”