UK PM Cameron: Housing benefit payment cuts will STOP social unrest

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:wtf:


from the Guardian UK:




Social unrest would have been likely if housing benefit payments had not been slashed, David Cameron said today after claims that his cuts would lead to an influx of poor families from inner cities to hard-pressed suburbs.

He challenged Margaret Hodge, the chair of the Public Accounts Committee, to join him in the streets of her home in Islington, north London, to find out whether the public supported the cuts.

The exchange was one of the few charged moments in a two-and-a-half-hour cross-examination by the chairs of Commons select committees, the first time Cameron had been questioned by the liaison committee.

In the session the prime minister also:

• Said there would be a bank holiday to celebrate the royal wedding, even if it is held at the weekend. The move was welcomed by St James's Palace.

• Disclosed his anger with the Ministry of Defence for repeatedly leaking documents. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/nov/18/david-cameron-housing-benefit-questioning