Welcome U-turn

It is difficult to reconcile how Chancellor George Osborne is preparing to cut back on social benefits and only allow increases next year below inflation rate with the sure knowledge that many families are dropping into fuel poverty for the first time and facing a grim winter.

It seems that the coalition government is intent in driving a wedge even further into the poor/rich divide in this country under the guise of economic recovery, when in reality the master plan simply isn’t working as we continue to dip into another recession.

DENNIS GRATTAN

Mugiemoss Road

Bucksburn, Aberdeen