What a shame that so many Vox Political articles this week are on the same subject: Your Government Is Lying To You.
Today, the lies are clustered around the benefit cap, which has been launched this week – in only four London boroughs, rather than nationally.
Perhaps the Tory-led Coalition government already has an inkling that it got its sums wrong?
Nevertheless, David Cameron’s Twitter feed announced to the world that yesterday (April 15) was “A big day for welfare reform as we pilot a cap on benefits equal to the average wage. Amazingly Labour oppose it.”
Two sentences, two untruths.
Firstly, let’s look at the average amounts that families bring into their homes. While it may be true that the average family wage is £26,000 per year – equal to the £500 per week at which benefits will be capped – it is not true that this is the…
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