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Enigin - Cuts, Cuts and more Cuts

Thats all we are hearing in the UK today. Cuts to government spending, cuts to businesses, cuts to public sector, cuts to benefits and now we have even had to face being cut out of the World Cup.

I grew up viewing the UK as a prosperous and a developed country. Really? it is quite difficult to view the UK like that now. We are constantly hearing how much is owed, how much everything costs the general public. And what I find hardest to accept is all of these cuts happening, and yet what cuts are being made actually within the government, with the cost of No 10 Downing Street, how much they are able to claim back, how much they are paid?

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Enigin - Coalition is the New Word

Well we have been hearing it daily here at Enigin, the new political word, Coalition. All the talk is about the new Coalition government in the UK.

I keep hearing about the new things the government want to put in place. The new ideas and ways they will run the country. But when will all these things happen?

Probably one of the biggest idea is the change in the benefit system, the plan to uproot the whole system. I think, from what I hear, they plan to change the conditions, change the way people are entitled to things. But again, when will these changes actually start to take place?

With many things in the “benefit system” they are all a year or two behind. People who receive tax credits for having children, for example, receive them based on wages they earned 2 maybe even 3 years prior. How that is fair, and works, I do not know! In this case, people are receiving a certain amount in credits for so long, which helps them to break even maybe, only just. Then suddenly their benefits are cut, a lot, because they took on work 2 years ago. How this is fair I cannot answer.

I hope this sort of thing is something this “new” government in the UK will change. It needs to happen and it needs to happen now. But we will see!!