Taxpayer funding for the Royal Family is set to rise by 94%, as public services are cut and households told to 'tighten their belts'

Taxpayer funding for the Royal Family is set to rise by 94%, as public services are cut and households told to ‘tighten their belts’

  • Armand1@lemmy.worldEnglish
    34·
    20 days ago

    Take asylum seekers. Politicians love complaining about the cost of putting people in hotels, but they created that cost. If you stop people from working while their claims are processed, of course they’re going to need somewhere to live and support to survive.

    💯

    • fakeman_pretendname@feddit.ukEnglish
      26·
      20 days ago

      Fun fact: Those hotels aren’t exactly giving their “best deals” either. They (or the companies managing them) are charging the government £140 per night for rooms that would normally be less than half of that, or wouldn’t be used at all because they’re not up to standard.

      The anger for some reason is directed at the people “just trying to live” and not at the companies deliberately doubling their prices to steal from the country.

      • Armand1@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        20 days ago

        There’s a similar thing in homelessness. Landlords are taking £900/m from the councils per person in 4+ people homes with barely working utilities and health and safety violations.