"The world has gone mad!" Arturo said. "At best, you could say it's turned upside-down! The
BBC are now responsible for parts of the
welfare system! The
NHS is not 'N' any more! And by next week - there may not even be a
euro! Though that's nothing to do with
Downing Street!"
Arturo pottered off to the kitchen to console himself with any scraps left over from last night's Dover Sole fest!
I glanced at a flickering tablet on one of the
Spad's desks and sauntered over. The screen read:
George Osborne: £12bn in welfare savings have been found
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-33399650
My! My! I thought - that's smart going
'Georgy' Osborne. How did you manage that? I read the
BBC News feature further:
Chancellor George Osborne says he has identified how the government will make the £12bn of welfare cuts promised in the Conservative election manifesto.
He will announce the bulk of the savings in his Budget on Wednesday, the BBC understands.
Those known so far include a reduction in the benefit cap and removing subsidies for social housing.
Mr Osborne is also expected to announce the BBC will have to meet the £650m cost of TV licences for over-75s.
That wasn't all - no, siree!
Mr Osborne said the welfare cuts were needed to prevent even deeper cuts to public services and to fulfil the government's aim of eliminating the deficit and running a surplus.
"So yes, we've got to find savings in welfare - and we have found that £12bn of savings in welfare that we said we'd be able to find in the election," he said.
The headline Budget announcement over the weekend was a clampdown on "taxpayer-funded subsidies" for "higher earners" living in social housing in England.
All I can say is: "
Tell that to the fairies, Mr Osborne!" ...
'prevent even deeper cuts to public services' - I can tell you there ain't many more 'cuts' he could make! The '
public services' are on their bloomin' knees already because of
'Georgy' Osborne.
And what's this about the BBC?
The BBC needed to make a "contribution" towards the deficit, which, BBC News understands, will include the corporation having to cover the free licences
Since when was the BBC responsible for giving 'perks' to pensioners? As Arturo said 'the world has gone mad'! I think we'd better see exactly who, in Downing Street, is hiding a copy of Machiavelli's '
The Prince' under their bed! because there sure are devious minds at work round here!
Of course, tomorrow we'll hear the whole devastating package! Can't wait!
The prospect of the
Budget has made me feel peckish - I'm off to the kitchen too to find some stinking fish! There's plenty of that round here.
Bye
