labour have been in power in the UK,2 months,and already the press are on their back day and night, why?

labour has rsolved the doctors strike, and railways strikes, raised the state pension by £900 a year, taken away fuel benefits from the rich, and yet, the press act like they are worse then the last lot,why?

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72andy · 51-55, M

It’s because they are rushing in policies that were not well thought out. Take the winter fuel allowance. Truth is that far more need it than they will be giving it to. The line was not drawn on the right place. But to align it any other way would cost too much.
It also does not look good when you are receiving donations for clothes when you are about to raise taxes. It shows they can’t live like they will be expecting us to after the budget.
The expected tax rises will also potentially dent the economy badly.
I hope it’s different as we need a reset. But it won’t look pretty.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@72andy In my opinion, the means testing of the fuel allowance should have been presented as a reasonable trade-off for preserving the triple lock pensions guarantee (which is more generous than most of the pay settlements that will be offered to public sector workers and rather qualifies Labour's claim to be supporting working families).

Certainly more help should be offered to those who are genuinely struggling, but the allowance as it stands is overwhelmingly a gift to some of the wealthiest of our citizens.

72andy · 51-55, M

@SunshineGirl i think that has been the case for many years. But when previous governments looked at it, the cost of targeting at only those who needed it was far too great.

SunshineGirl · 36-40, F

@72andy My hope is that a general wealth tax and extending/increasing the taxation of assets that are not homes or business premises, could be used to fund a higher threshold for pension tax credits.