Labour voting WITH their Tory friends!

Labour's vote shows us the truth.


Labour and the Tories are working hand-in-hand when it comes to austerity. Ed Balls has already committed to Tory spending cut after the 2015 General Election should Labour win - yes you read that correctly.

We are now very familiar with seeing Labour and the Tories working together on a range of issues. They currently have no less than SEVEN county council coalitions with their Tory allies. They agree on Trident - wasting hundreds of billions rather than spending the very same money to help people's lives NOT end them.

They also agreed on Scotland, the Iraq War and tuition fees to name a few things.

I was saddened, but obviously not surprised to discover that the Labour Group in the National Assembly decided to vote WITH the Tories on a Plaid Cymru amendment condemning plans to freeze child benefit after the next UK election.


Plaid Cymru’s Social Protection spokesperson and Arfon MP, Hywel Williams says this shows Labour sticking to their vow – to be ‘tougher than the Tories on welfare.’
Mr Williams said:

“Over £1 billion in welfare payments has been taken out of the Welsh economy since the beginning of the Tories’ cruel assault on vulnerable people in 2010. That’s money taken from the pockets of people trying to make ends meet. But it’s also has had a knock on effect on local businesses and communities more generally.

“Wales has higher child poverty than any other part of the UK. Labour in London care little for this and have vowed to freeze child benefit levels if they win next May. Labour in Wales has now shown its true colours. They voted with the Tories supporting a freeze on child benefit. This shows they care more about obeying their bosses in London than about people in their own communities.

“The freeze has already taken £350 out of the budgets of families every year, at a time when many are struggling to meet the cost of living. That’s £130 million a year that could have contributed to eliminating child poverty in our communities.
“People in Wales should be in no doubt: Labour’s crocodile tears on welfare reform shouldn’t fool anyone. When it comes to siding with the Tories or fighting for Wales, we can now see whose side Labour is on.

We have paid enough for the greed of the bankers. They got a bail out. Payback for the people is well overdue!

It's time to put Wales first. The branch parties will always put their masters in London above the people of Wales - it's time we took our own destiny into our own hands.


http://www.partyofwales.org/news/2014/12/01/only-plaid-cymru-stands-against-social-protection-cuts-assembly-vote-exposes-other-parties/?force=1