Factor in on top of that the
serious pressure on the DWP to come up with big additional cuts in welfare payments to reduce the pain on other departmental
budgets and keeping things «progressive», living up to the boasts, making the graphs much pointed to by Lib Dem MPs a reality in a five - year retrenchment that leans heavily on cuts over tax hikes... and you see how difficult it will be to secure and hold the progressive mantle through this saga ahead.