RE: Sharon Mairead Graham22 Sep 2024 10:07
It will be interesting to see if Starmer and Reeves do a reverse ferret on their WFP plans.
Personally I think the policy has been crassly handled and insensitive which shows how out of touch they are and politically niave.
Gordon Brown brought in this policy but I believe should have been nuanced and could have been better targeted. To cut the WFP & extra help for the disabled if you were just above the Pension Level entitlement was just folly.
A balance must be struck between admistrative,convenience, affordabilty and fairness.
So restricting it to the persons on the basic tax rate seems the most sensible and fair.
There will obviously be exceptions but generaly I think acceptable.
Unfortunately Starmer and Reeve live in a different World it seems and money is the priority .
Restricting the WFP in this way would save far less money to subsidise their other far more pressing priorities Other people can surmise what they are.
Anyway Starmer and Reeve may find that after the Party conference a reverse Ferret is adviseable but People will remember for a long time what their real attitudes/opinions are.