Funny that you are complaining about the pittance intended for the poor.
It's nothing compared to Johnson's imaginary £350 million a week vote winner.
You are seeing a twig on the Conservative Money Tree.
Trying to buy popularity and votes.
As the FT said today,
https://www.ft.com/content/6ae1d72f-41e3-46ad-be96-1fe9a5e57f84
"The Conservative party’s contest to replace Boris Johnson as prime minister has an air of fantasy. Listening to the candidates, you would not know that spiralling energy costs are causing misery to households, and inflation is now broadening to most goods and services. Or that simmering disputes over pay and conditions promise a prolonged period of industrial unrest. You certainly would hear little about the UK’s longer term challenge of sluggish growth, made worse by poor planning regulations and the exit from the EU.
"Instead, the candidates are competing largely on a single issue of if and when they will cut taxes. One reason the internal debate refuses to recognise the reality of Britain is the early success of Rishi Sunak. The former chancellor, in post during the pandemic, quickly gathered a lot of endorsements from Conservative MPs. Promises of immediate tax cuts are a way for Sunak’s opponents to remind Tory members that he has been a tax-raising chancellor. Although his record is far from perfect he has at least been a rare voice of realism as far as fiscal policy is concerned.
"Whoever emerges as the next prime minister will have serious political and economic constraints. UK voters’ strong endorsement of Johnson in 2019 came, in part, due to the Conservatives’ promises of more money for the country’s schools, hospitals and the police. Those commitments cannot easily be put aside or forgotten, and Conservative politicians must recognise that, ultimately, an appetite to spend must be balanced with a willingness to tax."
