' “the government must escape the serial mistakes of the past 45 years, of trying to shrink the state and promote a self-organising market”. This drive towards a smaller state funded by lower levels of #taxation, a #ConservativePolicy, has left the #UK in terrible condition.'

https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/business/economy/the-october-budget-can-rachel-reeves-escape-from-the-tories-fiscal-prison/
#ToryLegacy

'When I look back on #14YearsOfToryRule, there is one awful #HousingPolicy that stands out

Holding down benefit rates has sent #homelessness soaring and led to an exodus of poorer people from our cities

In this series we look at several #ConservativePolicy decisions since 2010 that may have been forgotten, but which have had a profound effect on life in Britain'
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/05/14-years-tory-housing-benefit-homelessness-poor-cities
#ToryPoliciesInAction #DegradingBritain #GE2024