Please find below a response from Caroline to the Chancellor's Budget statement today.
"This is an electioneering Budget from a Chancellor who puts politics above people.
"That Mr Osborne would have the nerve to suggest ‘we’re all in this together’ is astonishing and shows just how out of touch the Government is with those it’s supposed to serve. What typical Tory smoke and mirrors. No – we are most certainly not all in this together. Food bank use has rocketed. Hundreds of thousands of public sector jobs have been slashed. Zero-hour contracts are rising.
"Brutal cuts to services and welfare have hit the poor hardest – while the richest have seen their wealth rise.
"And all this while granting another eye-watering tax break, at public expense, to multinational oil and gas companies – and just weeks after a cross-party climate pledge. Investment in home-grown renewable technologies would mean more jobs and greater stability in the long term – the business case is incredibly compelling, and a just transition to a zero carbon economy is absolutely crucial to avoid the worst impacts of climate change."
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