This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Call for a vote of No Confidence in the current government.
The current government have repeatedly shown that they care nothing for the lower income earners of this country; their current plan to cut tax credits via Universal Credit, despite the House of Lords vetoing the original motion is just one example of that.
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Mental health professionals have identified many more difficulties since austerity measures began, see 'Psychologists Against Austerity', ref: https://psychagainstausterity.wordpress.com/ . My own financial and anxiety difficulties as a self-employed person with low income have greatly worsened with the bedroom tax and now tax credit cuts. Soon, I'll have no income at all. Just one example....
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125332
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