David Gibney, from the Right2Water campaign, said last night “the devil would be in the detail” in today’s budget. “If it’s done in a tax credit, about 800,000 people are so low paid in this country they are not liable for tax credit. That’s about 40 per cent of all the labour force,” he said. “We’re not looking for a tax credit, we’re looking to abolish water charges.” Mr Gibney said water was a human right and should not be dependent on income. “I think people see the bigger picture on all of this. Credits or reliefs are short-term sweeteners. In the long-term, you will lose those benefits over time,” he said. “We feel the water charges are a step towards full privatisation of our water services.” Mr Gibney said unless the water charges were abolished today, demonstrations would go ahead across the country on November 1st.
Posted on: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 12:46:57 +0000
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