I remember an interview with a rich woman when they brought in means testing for child benefit. She was laughing and said she didn't even see the point in giving child benefit to anyone as it's a paltry amount and she spends more on face cream in a week. Just completely out of touch with people who rely on child benefit to pay for food and essential living costs for their child(ren).
I think it goes back to this: https://not606.com/threads/the-cost-of-living.419763/page-4#post-18680085 Old lasses refers to Hens.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq65m95gqdjo Young people can’t afford to move out of the family home - BBC article
A number of my daughters friends have gone to local uni's and continued to live at home. Student loans/finance hasn't kept up with the cost of living and rent.
Sadly a lot of the non dom billionaires spend their spare cash supporting Farage with ultimate aim of much smaller government. Sadly too many of us are falling for their bile. If we want decent public services we all need to pay for them and that includes those with the broadest shoulders.
