The newspapper "The Guardian UK"reports: " Social security 'reforms' are a litany of welfare cuts" (Thursday 5 January 2012)
The upper house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (House of Lords) announces welfare curts. These reductions in social security benefits.
In this case, specifically decreases meal benefits of children from poor families. The reform means that will reduce benefit for families to generate income above 26.000 pounds.
Therefore, this measure will hurt families generate incomes above that figure (26.000 pounds) and have many children.
This meausure is part of a series of policy decisions that aim to boost the flagging Brithish economy.
The measure is contrary to the traditional approach of English social security: "since the days of the parish loaf, the basic idea has been ensuring every hungry mouth gets fed", wich has a great concern for the rigths of children and their proper development.
The reform proyect involves granting benefits only to children whose families have incomes not exceeding of £26,000. For some conservative politician, such as George Osborne (finance Minister of UK), the only benefit justifiable is the salary and nothing more.
However, in the Labour Party are politicians who want to improve the bill.
Some argue tha this measure will slow the birth rate, which in the long run economic growth slows a country.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/05/social-security-reforms-welfare-cuts




