THE PROPOSED 72p increase for a single pensioner is beyond all belief. Will the gas, electricity, water, rents, television, community tax, keep to 1.1pc.? I doubt that. Will MP's etc keep to 1.1pc? Not likely! I cannot buy a decent loaf of bread for that amount.
Then I read that asylum seekers are to get £150 a week. I haven't the words to express myself in disgust.
The man says go forward with New Labour. Who's kidding who?
Mr Marsden
Cressingham Road
Deane
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