Sounds like he's brimming with compassion
The new minister for Disabled People at the Department of Work and Pensions is no friend of the vulnerable if his voting record is anything to go by.
Justin Tomlinson MP, who David Cameron appointed this morning in his cabinet reshuffle, voted for a number of draconian policies directed at disabled people over the course of the previous parliament.
These included:
- Voting against 365-day exceptions on contribution-based Employment and Support Allowance for those undergoing cancer treatment:
- Voting for the Bedroom Tax:
- Voting against the long-term sick and disabled receiving Employment and Support Allowance on the same basis as if they had made sufficient National Insurance contributions to qualify for a contribution-based allowance:
- Voting against setting the lower rate of Universal Credit in relation to disabled children at a minimum two-thirds of the higher rate:
- Voting against allowing benefits to increase in line with prices:
Sounds like he’s brimming with compassion.
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64 Responses to “He voted against benefit exceptions for cancer patients: meet the new minister for disabled people”
Janet T-Tremaine
Is there hope then that you won’t be claiming your £12,000 per annum “gift” before you have to pay tax – or are you one of the lucky ones where that doesn’t help your household budget?
Janet T-Tremaine
Go to the following link and read the many instances where court cases have yielded money back to the government: https://www.gov.uk/government/policies/tax-evasion-and-avoidance. This quote is just one mentioned there:
“High street retailer Next has been hit with a £22.4m tax bill after a
court ruled the firm’s complex tax scheme was artificial tax avoidance”. Did you ever hear of the Labour government before 2010 reclaiming an amount that big? As I say, this figure is just one of many.
Janet T-Tremaine
Here’s a particularly good piece of news.
https://www.gov.uk/government/news/hmrc-scores-hat-trick-of-avoidance-wins
“HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has secured three tribunal wins against
tax avoidance schemes, protecting over £260 million in tax”. Sounds good to me!!!
Janet T-Tremaine
What a puerile ignorant post indicative of a troglodyte without any social finesse to express what they think before sinking into the gutter.
Janet T-Tremaine
You lot are so brainwashed that you are unable to see a good thing when it is put before you – as in pearls before swine.