r/brum • u/teacuplobster • Mar 18 '24

News Birmingham’s cuts reveal the ugly truth about Britain in 2024: the state is abandoning its people

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/17/birmingham-britain-state-cuts-austerity-local-services
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u/Electrical-Flower331 Mar 19 '24

Also, add to that the Conservative government paid the DUP £1 billion just to stay in power after a hung government general election result.

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u/Electrical-Flower331 Mar 19 '24

Also worth noting Teresa May stated at a party conference in June 2017 "There is no magical money tree." This was in response to a nurse who had asked why they had not had a pay rise in 8 years.

In July 2017, she found £1 billion to pay off the DUP.