tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post5386695729184957344..comments2024-03-28T07:14:01.343+00:00Comments on donpaskini: Lib Dems surrender to Tory Right on welfaredonpaskinihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05963534291677598324noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-80253623234338977872010-05-14T19:22:54.468+00:002010-05-14T19:22:54.468+00:00A similarly terrifying outlook on housing, which I...A similarly terrifying outlook on housing, which I shadow for the Greens. Slashed funding, Eric Pickles in the Cabinet, and Grant Shapps as Housing Minister. Ugh.Matt Sellwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03065263755893515703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-24823251369245181902010-05-14T14:32:04.759+00:002010-05-14T14:32:04.759+00:00Anonymous - Webb was one of the main critics of a ...Anonymous - Webb was one of the main critics of a lot of the conditionality approach.<br /><br />For a good e.g. of what Lib Dems used to think before the coalition, see:<br /><br />http://www.libdemvoice.org/compassionate-welfare-policy-harrod-15949.htmldonpaskinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05963534291677598324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-20978716370343553792010-05-14T13:01:45.640+00:002010-05-14T13:01:45.640+00:00Steve Webb is Pensions minister and the Lib Dems a...Steve Webb is Pensions minister and the Lib Dems actively signed up to the combined programme of employment support proposed by the Conservatives. They also supported the use of 'sanctions' in principle in multiple debates in the last parliament so I'm not entirely sure what you think their underlaying policy was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-80014209518832776712010-05-13T12:32:52.079+00:002010-05-13T12:32:52.079+00:00The dynamic benefits stuff was ok, in that spendin...The dynamic benefits stuff was ok, in that spending an extra £4 billion on benefits for low paid workers is a generally good idea (though may not be the most effective use of scarce resources). But as you say, they aren't going to increase welfare spending by £4bn because the lib dem "red line" was for a flat rate tax cut instead + slashing public services.donpaskinihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05963534291677598324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33451096.post-47322903680297184812010-05-13T12:23:23.076+00:002010-05-13T12:23:23.076+00:00It is bad and the closer Lord Freud is to the disc...It is bad and the closer Lord Freud is to the discussion the worse it is with punative measures for those who need them the least.<br /><br />However there were eliments of the CSJ's dynamic benifits report that were progressive, and we would do well to remember and argue for them, the idea of wedge shaped benefits for example. <br /><br />Sadly I feel the more punative eliments will be those that come to the fore.Josh FGhttp://twitter.com/joshfgnoreply@blogger.com