Sir - If they win the next election, the Tories have announced they will hit 3 million working people on modest incomes by cutting their tax credits, while carrying on with a £3 billion a year tax cut for those earning over £150,000.
Working people who have already seen their wages fall by an average of £1600 a year under the Tories will be left even more badly off.
Many Worcestershire families including nurses, call-centre workers, shop staff, shift workers and teaching assistants will pay the price. It will cost a one earner family with two children on £25,000 a year almost £500. Over 3 million working families who get tax credits will lose out.
It’s a £3 billion raid on working people at the same time as a £3 billion tax giveaway for the top one per cent. Once again, the Tories have once shown they are the party of a privileged few at the top and the idea that "we are all in this together" is now just another broken promise.
City and County Councillor
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