IMGpapers 1980–83

Newspapers of the International Marxist Group and its forerunners, 1980–83

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· Socialist Challenge No. 140, 27 March 1980 · p. 2 of the scan · 335 words

The scan: sc-n140-mar-27-1980.pdf (PDF, Marxists Internet Archive, opens at this page)

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...And it's the poor who don't get the claim!

such terms those who can afford few cuts in social spenging.

Well it's true a couple of pints of beel elgarettes. general SMILING are the wealthy, winca the multi- capitalist world. the Nevertheless, of this is surprising ideology, and Margaret LaDON for Single Homeless have pushed a major reform of the welfare state. The last week and the way is now trimmed security system to be introduced The Bill brings two fundamental between pensions and earnings will be broken. so that pensions will now be increased only collapsing suplementary campere The SB Commission will be abolished after November and entitlement benefits Will De published statutory The context of these changes is a Tort committed to massive public expenditure HeLOC CeO staff snoop on "scroungers" in order to save a mere £50m, Juanu acycuut wnere an esumated t/1,00um is lost eacr For the first time since the 30s, the Tories are suggesting that unemployment government's own estimate breaking the link between pensions and save £130m for each ditterence OCLCCH introduced in , would be £5 less than The date of the uprating can be allowing additional savings of f35m a week.

I ne cuts in the supolementary benetits system are not as blatant, but their effects gorernment claims tnal in reform of this system it is following the recommendations of the SB review team, wnica was caned tor ano took bace under goverhment. Bureaucratic crice is bue amm ol Many or laese retorms, which bear the hallmark of Whitehall.

Sea oil -BP « teotner nowe romme• •n Wednesday billion enough. that British capitalism is in a mess.

It's also a fact that it is just part Now economic crisis fact. antecung entire spending just for moment lers cast onraund back • the poor' budeet. to the old, 'light at the end of the promise of both Тогу In cove dmenis. Une

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Social Security Bill was given its third reading on Wednesday of

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