Thread by @SteveBakerHW

The Government’s approach throughout this pandemic has been to support families through a range of measures worth over £280 billion

This has included the furlough scheme, catch up funding for schools, a £500 million Hardship Fund and a £7 billion increase to welfare

The Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme has kept over 9 million people in their jobs and a £500 lump sum support payment can be claimed by people on low incomes who cannot work from home and have lost income as a result of self-isolation in England

Local authorities make these payments; for those in Wycombe, contact @BucksCouncil

buckinghamshire.gov.uk/coronavirus/co…

@BucksCouncil The Government has already confirmed the temporary Universal Credit uplift until the end of March 2021, meaning billions have been injected into the welfare system to support vulnerable families who have faced financial disruption due to Covid

@BucksCouncil But @Conservatives priority remains to keep people in work: work is the best way out of poverty

@hmtreasury's £30 billion Plan for Jobs focuses on creating, supporting and protecting as many jobs as possible

@BucksCouncil @Conservatives @hmtreasury The Chancellor @RishiSunak's #PlanforJobs has included the Kickstart and Restart scheme, support for apprenticeships and traineeships, and doubling the number of work coaches to get people back on their feet and into work

@BucksCouncil @Conservatives @hmtreasury @RishiSunak @hmtreasury's distributional analysis has revealed that the Government’s responses have reduced the impact of this crisis on income losses faced by working households by up to two-thirds – with the poorest working households protected the most

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/upl…

@BucksCouncil @Conservatives @hmtreasury @RishiSunak @AndyCook_CSJ has previously said in a @Telegraph article “Labour’s plans to scrap universal credit is welfare vandalism that will do nothing to help the poor”

Link to @Telegraph article: telegraph.co.uk/politics/2019/…