It appeared obvious to me they were targetting the easiest demographics; the most vulnerable; in order to meet Osbourne's self imposed fiscal rules. All those crafty little changes they made to benefits, like cutting housing benefits for under 21's, extending the period between signing on and date of first installment......will feed through to homeless figures.
At the same time they were cutting corporation tax when big companies are making phenomenal profits and pay and bonuses in the boardroom has been going through the roof for years.
As for the unemployment rate, if you take the quality of jobs, it's not as rosy as the headline figure appears. There's been a huge increase in the self employed category.And Since 2008 Real wages fell in the UK by 10%, only Greece recorded a higher fall. The nice sounding unemployment rate hides the real issues - low wages, poor quality jobs, gig economy etc
That's not to mention the cost of renting. That's causing all sorts of upheavel. There's needs to be more housing benefit avaiable, not less.