11 March 2018. Millions of Scots families on brink face deepest benefit cuts in years
Not a lot of Scots are aware of this but the Tory Government, having inflicted austerity on the UK for 10 years provides £100 million annually in overseas humanitarian aid to Saudi Arabia which has gold reserves in excess of £16.20 trillion.
contrast the foregoing against:
A new study by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation shows that the decision to press ahead and freeze most working-age benefits and tax credits this year will see a couple with two children left £380 worse off compared with a scenario in which their universal credit claim had increased in line with prices. (The Observer)