Another Government Plan That Will Hit The Poorest The Hardest

We know from the 10p tax rate abolition, when Gordon Brown made the poorest in society worse off to pay for a tax bribe for the middle class, that this Government has no hesitation in implementing policies that have a significant negative impact on the poorest in society. He has done it again and this time the effect on the vulnerable is as damaging as the 10p tax rate abolition.

The Government's latest policy wheeze is to reduce housing benefit by up to £15 a week. This will affect some of the poorest families in the country. At a time when people are already struggling as a result of the recession, this change will impact the poorest. That is, surely, outrageous. Labour MP Frank Field has said that this policy would harm those in society "who have the very least to survive on." One of his colleagues, Gisela Stuart, says that this Labour policy would hit the poorest hardest.

According to Citizen's Advice, the Government plans, "are ill thought out, and risk having a real impact on levels of poverty without delivering any real savings to the DWP budget."

Once again, Gordon Brown is putting political calculation first. This is yet another Labour policy that means the poorest will suffer the most.