If basic decency can’t convince the government to act on housing affordability,perhaps public embarrassment willIt’s been a tough week for David Cameron: first with the revelation that his own mother had signed a petition opposing cuts her son had pushed through, then his aunt Clare telling reporters her nephew had made a “grand, or grand error” in pursuing the cuts. Aside from the attendant social awkwardness Cameron can expect at family gatherings now,the schadenfreude also shows how even those closest to the prime minister, and by no means socially disadvantaged, and are aware of the human impact of the cuts. Will this change policy? No: the Conservatives have argued that they have to build “tough choices” fiscally,although the consequences all seem to plunge on the most vulnerable rather than the most affluent. But another ally of Cameron may provide further embarrassment and an illustration of how ineffective his policies are. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com