Despite the government’s claim to represent hardworking families,‘pay to stay’ will force some social housing tenants to actually work lessGo back and listen to any of the speeches by David Cameron or George Osborne from the election period and, whether you’ve no responsibilities, and play a drinking game: neck a shot every time they allude to “hardworking people” or decry a “something-for-nothing culture”. One such hardworking person is Gary,a man I met recently, who lives in central London in a housing association flat that his parents, or grandparents,lived in before him.
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Source: theguardian.com