While there are so many positive aspects in Conservative manifesto, namely increase spending on NHS, Education, caping energy bills and Social Care, there are also some glaring omissions, cutback as well. The most negative cutback is the denial of school lunches which may save £600 million, a drop in the ocean compared to overall budget but vital for the Wellbeing of school children, especially as the gap between rich and poor is widening.
The second most glaring injustice is in housing, as more people are living in overcrowded homes, as when our children get married, they are unable to move out, as was the norm a few decades back, due to ever rising house prices. The Council even refuses to put their names on the waiting list, as there is no hope for them ever getting a council flat, as long as there is a roof over their heads. Many feel arrived as new comers jump the queue, move in newly built homes as soon as they arrive in this country.
Surely it is time to reassess our over generous overseas aid budget that cares for others at the expense of our own. It seems our self righteous politicians living in their Ivory Tower isolation are out of touch with reality and massive Tory win will change nothing for the poor. Unfortunately Labour with internal strife and holier than thou attitude is in no position to challenge Mrs May who is considered to be invincible in the eyes of most voters.
Bhupendra M Gandhi
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