LETTER: Con-Dem Coalition takes Britain back to uncaring society

When you start hearing terms like the “undeserving poor” from the Tory Party conference, you know these people can never change Britain to be a fairer society.

They favour the bankers and their rich friends in the city by bribing them to stay in the country with pledges not to raise their taxes; and then bully the poor by cutting their benefits and telling them they must take non-existent jobs.

This type of uncaring society we thought had been consigned to a bygone age and it is shameful the Con-Dem Coalition is taking us back there.

David Cameron said in his speech “your country needs you”; what he means is he wants those who are poorest in society to accept being even poorer while the rich get richer.

Britain cannot afford the Con-Dems if we are to remain on a path to a more just society. A society where your life chances depend on your talent and hard work, not how much money you were born into.

The battle to keep Britain on a path to a fairer and more equal society has just started. A battle that deprived areas like Burnley and Padiham cannot afford to lose.

MARK TOWNSEND,

QUEEN’S PARK ROAD, BURNLEY.