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The Spending Cuts Outlined

The news is finally upon us and the spending cuts that have been threatened by the Chancellor for so long have been laid out. Perhaps unsurprisingly, those who may be struggling the hardest are going to find it increasingly difficult to make ends meet: with major revisions to housing, child and incapacity benefit, fewer people will have ready cash to hand and be forced to rely more on their credit cardsor submit an application for credit knowing full well it is likely to be turned down. This will come as grim news to many households who had already been struggling in a recession and forced to make several compromises to their standard of living.

 

Seeing as there are so many families that rely on benefits to live, the 7 billion cut from the welfare kitty will have a big impact. All the cuts are geared around Osbourne’s philosophy of getting people back to work. It is thought that unemployment will rise following the cuts which will wipe out thousands of public sector jobs. Not a great time then, to be targeting those currently in long-term unemployment, or those with health issues that make regular employment a serious difficulty. It looks like an increasing number of people will need special credit services like credit card for adverse credit or debt consolidation services.

 

Given the current staggering level of consumer debt, figured at £56,000 per household, it’s difficult to predict how long these austerity measures will need to be in place. Strong recovery needs to be seen in the economy before such draconian limits on the welfare budget will be eased, however it’s likely that following Keynesian economics, savings will continue to be made long into any sort of economic surplus a key tactic ignored by the previous government. What’s certain though is that the decision-makers in Westminster won’t be struggling too much under the new budgetary constraints. It’s those in the most need of assistance that will be needing toservices in order to meet their basic living costs.

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