After most of the population woke up to yet more blood curdling headlines about big falls on the World’s Stock Markets amid the dire state of the US, European and UK economy’s and the threat of more cuts and tax increases to repay the debt following stalling economies and the possibility of another recession, it’s simply incredible that those in charge of the Government the Prime Minister, his Deputy and the Chancellor are all on holidays.
David Cameron is in Tuscany with his family, George Osborne is in Los Angeles and Nick Clegg is with his family in Spain. I know people who have kept their jobs and are earning decent salaries who haven’t been able to afford holiday for the last 3 years. its not just the poorest who are hurting.
If that wasn’t enough the Government's own Office for Budget Responsibility has down graded its growth forecast for 2011 for the third time to 1.7% and said the UK is unlikely to meet that target added to the latest Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (CIPD) employee survey for August published this week stated 58% of employees have had pay freezes since the start of the year and 6% have had their pay cut, plus there is evidence that the 50p Tax rate could be cut as soon as next April proves we are not all in this together as the PM and his Ministers are fond of parroting.
But Welsh Minister’s aren’t immune, yes the main levers are elsewhere and most of them are at the Eisteddfod this week before going off on holiday after what some commentators called a gruelling six months (stop laughing), but have we heard from Wales’s First Minister about the latest economic crisis or from his Finance Minister by chance on what they could do to help – of course we haven’t it’s easier to blame to baby eating Tories for all the misery.
So both sets of Government Ministers in their own way are showing contempt to the electorate who are worried about the economic consequences of another global financial crisis especially in Wales where unemployment remains stubbornly high and benefit changes are already impacting disproportionally on families – so what are both Government’s gonna do about this situation?Any source
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