MP: Cuts mean families may be £1,500 worse off
8:53am Friday 11th March 2011 in News
BOLTON MP David Crausby has warned that families in the borough could be as much as £1,500 worse off this year because of Government cuts.
His call comes just days after Labour leader Ed Miliband said the “British promise”, that the next generation would always do better than the last, is now under threat.
Rising prices and cuts to front line services, many of which will affect those with children, is evidence, Mr Crausby said, of families being targeted.
Estimates by experts show, because of the rise in VAT and the cuts to various welfare benefits those without children will be about £750 worse off.
Mr Crausby, who represents Bolton North East, said: “It is becoming increasingly clear that David Cameron’s plans will mean that life will be much tougher for families over the next few years.
“I am angered by the effect David Cameron’s broken promises will have on the families in Bolton. By asking children and families to bear the brunt of their cuts, this Government is showing it has no idea what pressure ordinary families are under.”
