Day: 16 October 2015

Tax Credits:Tears of Despair

October 16, 2015 By Malcolm Blair-Robinson

The report that a member of the BBC’s Question Time audience was reduced to tears because of the effect of the cut in tax credits is distressing. It is also something of a political embarrassment. This blog has commented often about the ridiculous situation where low wages and excessive rents are subsidised by benefits so as […]