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Steph Dennis

@steffd62

Sep 22

@TomTugendhat

LIST 106 ACHIEVEMENTS OF 14 YEARS OF TORY GOVERNMENT

IM SURE EVERYONE WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM
HERES LABOUR’S AFTER 8 WEEKS WHICH NEEDS UP DATING.

Here's 106 Acheivements of the last Labour government

What the Labour Party achieved, lest we forget

. Longest period of sustained low inflation since the 60s.
2. Low mortgage rates.
3. Introduced the National Minimum Wage and raised it to £5.52 per hour.
4. Over 14,000 more police in England and Wales.
5. Cut overall crime by 32 per cent.
6. Record levels of literacy and numeracy in schools.
7. Young people achieving some of the best ever results at 14, 16, and 18.
8. Funding for every pupil in England has doubled.
9. Employment is at its highest level ever.
10. 3,700 rebuilt and significantly refurbished schools; including new and improved classrooms, laboratories and kitchens.
11. 85,000 more nurses.
12. 32,000 more doctors.
13. Brought back matrons to hospital wards.
14. Devolved power to the Scottish Parliament.
15. Devolved power to the Welsh Assembly.
16. Dads now get paternity leave of 2 weeks for the first time.
17. NHS Direct offering free convenient patient advice.
18. Gift aid was worth £828 million to charities last year.
19. Restored city-wide government to London.
20. Record number of students in higher education.
21. Child benefit up 26 per cent since 1997.
22. Delivered 2,200 Sure Start Children’s Centres.
23. Introduced the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
24. £200 winter fuel payment to pensioners & up to £300 for over-80s.
25. On course to exceed our Kyoto target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
26. Restored devolved government to Northern Ireland.
27. Over 36,000 more teachers in England and 274,000 more support staff and teaching assistants.
28. All full time workers now have a right to 24 days paid holiday.
29. A million pensioners lifted out of poverty.
30. The Child Poverty Act – 600,000 children lifted out of relative poverty.
31. Introduced child tax credit giving more money to parents.
32. Scrapped Section 28 and introduced Civil Partnerships.
33. Brought over 1 million social homes up to standard.
34. Inpatient waiting lists down by over half a million since 1997: the shortest waiting times since NHS records began.
35. Banned fox hunting.
36. Cleanest rivers, beaches, drinking water and air since before the industrial revolution.
37. Free TV licences for over-75s.
38. Banned fur farming and the testing of cosmetics on animals.
39. Free breast cancer screening for all women aged between 50-70.
40. Free off peak local bus travel for over-60s and disabled people.
41. New Deal – helped over 1.8 million people into work.
42. Over 3 million child trust funds started.
43. Free eye test for over 60s.
44. More than doubled the number of apprenticeships.
45. Free entry to national museums and galleries.
46. Overseas aid budget more than doubled.
47. Heart disease deaths down by 150,000 and cancer deaths down by 50,000.
48. Cut long-term youth unemployment by 75 per cent.
49. Free nursery places for every three and four-year-olds.
50. Free fruit for most four to six-year-olds at school.
51. Gender Recognition Act 2004/5
52. Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland.
53. Walk-in Health Centres and GP out of hours Service.
54. Digital hearing aids, through the NHS.
55. Children’s Act 2004, 2008 – Every Child Matters.
56. Introduced Smoke–Free legislation, 2007 – child health improving continually since.
57. Retail Distribution Review – ending commission for financial advisers
58. Introduced legislation to make company ‘blacklisting’ unlawful.
59. The Equality Act.
60. Established the Disability Rights Commission in 1999.
61. The Human Rights Act.
62. Signed the European Social Chapter.
63. Launched £1.5 billion Housing Pledge of new affordable housing.
64. The Autism Act 2009.
65. New Deal for Communities Regeneration Programme.

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66. All prescriptions free for people being treated for cancer or the effects of cancer.
67. Introduced vaccination to be offered to teenage girls to protect against cervical cancer.
68. Rough sleeping dropped by two thirds and homelessness at its lowest level since the early 1980s
69. 2009 Marine and Coastal Access Act.
70. Increased Britain’s offshore wind capacity than any country in the world, to provide enough electricity to power 2 million homes.
71. Led the campaign to win the 2012 Olympics for London.
72. Introduced the first ever British Armed Forces and Veterans Day to honour past and present achievements of our armed forces.
73. Created a new right of pedestrian access, so that every family has equal opportunity to access the national coastline.
74. Led the campaign to agree a new international convention banning all cluster munitions.
75. Launched the Swimming Challenge Fund to support free swimming for over 60s and under 16s.
76. Sustainable Communities Act – created community safety partnerships.
77. Set up a dedicated Department for International Development.
78. Cancelled approximately 100 per cent of debt for the world’s poorest countries.
79. Helped lift 3 million people out of poverty each year, globally.
80. Helped to get 40 million more children into school, globally.
81. Worked to ensure polio is on the verge of being eradicated, globally.
82. Ensured 3 million people are now able to access life-preserving drugs for HIV and AIDS.
83. Improved water/sanitation services for over 1.5 million people.
84. Launched a Governance and Transparency Fund to improve governance and increase accountability in poor countries.
85. The Neighbourhood Renewal programme – introduced funding for neighbourhood improvements.
86. The Extending Schools Program – included Breakfast and Homework clubs to improved levels of educational achievement and the longer term life chances of disadvantaged children.
87. Launched the Connexions Service – provided valuable careers advice and support to young people seeking employment.
88. Introduced Working Family Tax credits to support low paid parents in work and to pay for childcare.
89. Introduced the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)
90. Established The Future Jobs Fund to provide all young people access to a job, training or education.
91. Introduced Warm Front – helped 2.3 million vulnerable households, those in fuel poverty, with energy efficiency improvements.
92. Guaranteed paid holidays – introduced a law to ensure that everyone who works is entitled to a minimum paid holiday of 5.6 weeks,
93. Introduced the right to request flexible working.
94. Introduced improved work hours – introduced a law so employers cannot force employees to work more than 48 hours a week.
95. Protection against unfair dismissal – introduced protections for workers and increased the maximum compensation from £12,000 to around £63,000.
96. Introduced Rights for Part-time workers – the right to equal pay rates, pension rights, pro-rata holidays and sick pay.
97. Introduced the Right to breaks at work
98. Introduced the Right to representation – every worker can be a member of a trade union and be represented in grievance and disciplinary hearings.
99. Rights for parents and carers – introduced the right to time off to deal with unexpected problems for their dependants, such as illness.
100. Introduced literacy and numeracy hours in schools and extended diversity to the curriculum.
101. Reduced class sizes to 30 for 5-7 year old children.
102. Introduced a public interest test, allowing governments to block international business takeovers on three specific grounds: media plurality, national security or financial stability.
103. Introduced the (anti-)Bribery Act 2010
104. Established the Standards Board for England under Labour’s Local Government Act 2000 for promoting and ensuring high ethical standards and code of conduct in local government.

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@TomTugendhat 105. Introduced the first ever Climate Change Act 2008.
106. Introduced robust an comprehensive child protection and welfare measures through Every Child Matters policy.

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Steph Dennis

@steffd62

Sep 22

Labour Party have done nothing wrong and not broken The Ministerial Code.
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Let me remind you The Tories did! The VIP lane, The dodgy PPE contracts to Conservative chums peers and donors

Parliament’s £180m expenses bonanza: photoshoots and business class flights

Exclusive: Train enthusiast MP claimed £52,000 on London hotels, instead of catching the train

Conservative chair of the Transport Committee claimed £51,896 on hotels in London – despite living in a constituency just 35 minutes’ train ride from the capital.

Alongside accommodation fees, some 398 MPs also racked up parking costs of £307,000 in three years – among them claims from scores of government ministers, including transport secretary Mark Harper and health secretary Steven Barclay.

The government ended free parking for NHS staff in April last year, insisting it was the “right” thing to do. Since then, ministers have continued to charge taxpayers for their parking, including Chris Heaton-Harris, Alister Jack, Johnny Mercer, Nick Gibb, Guy Opperman and Victoria Prentis.

As a perk of the job, MPs also have access to about 400 free parking spaces in the House of Commons.

Matt Hancock claimed £5,720 to pay a consultancy firm run by his former adviser.

Ben Greenstone served as Hancock’s private secretary when he was minister for digital and creative industries. He went on to set up Taso Advisory Ltd, which describes itself as a “specialist technology public policy consultancy”. Hancock then hired the firm to help his parliamentary office and used his expenses to pay it on at least four occasions.

Other claims approved by IPSA may raise eyebrows despite being relatively small amounts. For instance, records show that Conservative MP Mark Francois – who made headlines in the 2009 expenses scandal after claiming money for chocolates, sweets and snacks – allowed his staff to claim £25.30 to cover train fares for attending the funeral of fellow MP David Amess, who was murdered in 2021.

members of the Lords have taken more than £41m of daily allowance over the last three years, together with £3.2m travel costs.

Revealed: Tory minister and MPs claimed driving fines on expenses

Exclusive: It’s scandalous, says former ethics tsar as Sunak is dragged into new ethics row

MP PROBE

High-profile Tory MP reported to police over expenses fraud claim

Tory MP loses whip after claims he used party funds to pay ‘bad people’

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Mark Menzies allegedly asked aide for £6,500 to ‘escape captors’ and spent £14,000 of campaign funds on medical costs

Minister investigated for spending taxpayer cash on Tory campaigns

Paul Maynard was confronted by a local Conservative activist over misuse of funds. Now the expenses watchdog has stepped in

THE MPs that have so far claimed the highest expenses in the region have been revealed - as figures show how much they spent in ten months.

Five Conservative MPs each claimed back more than £50,000 from the taxpayer in most recent data published by regulators last week.

Northern Echo analysis of Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority data found each MP had spent significantly above the average.

Conservative MP for Darlington, Peter Gibson claimed back more than £66,000 in expenses between April 2020 and January 2021.

The Conservative MP for Thirsk and Malton, Kevin Hollinrake, has so far claimed the second highest amount over the ten-month period, with claims totalling £55,758.
Conservative MP for Sedgefield, Paul Howell has seen the region's third-highest amount claimed with £52,719 over the ten-month period.

Conservative MP for Berwick, Anne Marie-Trevelyan accrued claims totalling £52,470 between April 2020 and January 2021.

Accommodation outside of her Northumberland constituency accounted for £19,740 of this - with £1,183 per month going on rent.

HELICOPTERS

PRIVATE JETS

LET THE BODIES PILE HIGH

25K ELDERLY SENT TO CARE HOMES WITHOUT COVID TESTS

45,000 PENSIONERS CULLED

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Conservative MP for Blyth Valley in Northumberland has claimed back £50,018 between April 2020 and January 2021.

LOOK AT THE EXPENSES CLAIMED BY FARAGE AND ANDERSON!!

Bitfinex, Tether shareholder paid $40K for Farage to visit Trump after rally shooting
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Farage’s £32k all-expense paid trip to America was to ‘represent Clacton on the world stage’

The Reform UK man, who has been barely seen in Essex since winning a seat in parliament in July, has been revealed to be the highest-earning MPs in parliament after he updated his earnings.

It shows that he is paid £97,928.40 a month by broadcaster GB News for 32 hours of work, while he made £4,000 on Cameo, a platform on which well-known people record personalised videos for paying customers, and £4,000 a month writing articles for the Daily Telegraph.

Christopher Harborne, a shareholder in both Bitfinex and Tether’s parent company and a prominent right-wing backer, paid for Nigel Farage to visit Donald Trump following the failed assassination attempt against the former president.

That’s according to the UK Parliament’s latest register of interest filings, which details the financial interests of its politicians. It revealed that Farage’s trip to the US on July 17 cost £32,000 (~$41,500) and was funded by Harborne.

Filings also detail that George Cottrell, Farage’s aid and a convicted criminal who was caught agreeing to launder drug funds, funded Farage’s £9,250 trip to the National Conservatism Conference in Brussels in April.

Farage was also revealed to have made almost £1.2 million a year from the right-wing broadcaster GB News, seemingly making him the highest-paid MP in the UK.

Nigel Farage, million-pound man

New financial disclosures reveal the Reform UK leader makes over £1M a year in non-parliamentary activities.

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The Conservatives’ economic record since 2010 in 10 charts

From a huge budget deficit to weak GDP and a record rise in tax, we look at the background to the Tory budget

Fourteen years of Tory economics – ‘major mistakes’ and ‘crisis after crisis’

Richard Partington Economics correspondent

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Rishi Sunak ‘wasted £11bn by paying too much interest’ on UK debt

Labour accuses chancellor of wastefulness for failing to insure against interest rate rises

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Delinquent” Sunak squandered £130 billion since last election

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New figures published today show that Rishi Sunak’s Government has wastefully or scandalously spent more than £130 billion since 2019.

Reports of government spending, found that in the last two months alone the Government added more than £6 billion to their total, reaching £131,209,116,062 before Parliament was formally dissolved.

Outrageously, the Government forked out £32,000 of taxpayer cash to pay the legal costs of online libel by the Science and Innovation Secretary, spent £15,000 on food and booze during a single flight for Liz Truss, and blew an additional £33 million by delaying the General Election by two months. The biggest new entry was a whopping £4.7billion to pay for Brexit checks which were introduced at the end of April.

The Conservative Government’s average annual squander of £26bn since 2019 is 30 times the estimated cost of Lib Dem proposals to boost GP appointments (£800m per year) and more than the total cost of the Green Party’s plan to insulate 10 million homes (£25bn per year). With an estimated price tag of approximately £4.8bn per year, the eye-watering waste of the last five years is enough to fund Keir Starmer’s recently announced six key pledges more than five times over.

Throughout the last parliament, Rishi Sunak held almost total responsibility for government spending as Prime Minister or Chancellor, but this era of Government squander could soon be at an end with pollsmembers.parliament.uk/member/5091/re
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THE UK
Government support extended to help struggling households with bills and essential costs over winter
Millions of vulnerable people to receive help this winter as the Work and Pensions Secretary extends the Household Support Fund
£421 million boost for local authorities in England to help people most in need with the cost of their energy, food and water, with £79 million for devolved administrations
Immediate support comes alongside the government’s growth mission to rebuild Britain and make every part of the country better off
Vulnerable households will receive support for the cost of essentials this winter, as the Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall announces an extension to the Household Support Fund for the next six months.

The £421m extension gives certainty to Local Authorities across England over the winter months – up until April 2025 – as they work to help those struggling with the cost of energy, food, and water.

Pensioners and others struggling to heat their homes or afford other essential items over the colder months should contact their local council to see what support may be available to them. Details on the latest scheme for local authorities and councils will be communicated in the coming weeks.

Many councils also use the Fund beyond emergency support, including working with local charities and community groups to provide residents with key appliances, school uniforms, cookery classes, and items to improve energy efficiency in the home.

An estimated £79 million will also be given to Devolved Administrations via the Barnett formula as the government leaves no stone unturned in ensuring every person – in every part of the country – has the foundations they need to be financially secure. Administrations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can choose how to allocate this additional funding, as the UK government continues to work closely with them to help support vulnerable people.

Given the dire economic inheritance, we had to take difficult decisions to put our public finances on a sustainable footing as we tackle the £22 billion black hole.

1.3 million more people have fallen into poverty since 2010/11, with living standards falling by the largest year-on-year drop since records began in 2022/23. For over a decade people have also been denied the security and dignity that good work affords with more than a near record 2.8 million people out of work due to sickness.

As we continue our work to deliver growth, make work pay and develop our child poverty strategy in the long term, the extension of the Fund prevents councils and vulnerable households experiencing an immediate cliff edge of support with a tough winter ahead.

Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves MP, said:

The £22 billion blackhole inherited from the previous governments means we have to take tough decisions to fix the foundations of our economy.

But extending the Household Support Fund is the right thing to do - provide targeted support for those who need it most as we head into the winter months.

Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Liz Kendall MP, said:

We are extending the Household Support Fund for the next six months because it is a lifeline for people who are struggling with the cost of living.

The dire inheritance we face means more people are living in poverty now than 14 years ago – and this Government is taking immediate action to prevent a cliff edge of support for the most vulnerable in our society.

At the same time, we are taking action to fix the foundations of our country through our plans to grow the economy, make work pay, and Get Britain Working again.

BORRIS JOHNSON OVER 80S WILL DIE

LET THE BODIES PILE HIGH

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Steph Dennis

@steffd62

Jul 30

Do you know what the £84 m is for £76 Million for border force and will treat People smugglers like Terrorists

Tories have failed to Secure Borders

TORIES HAVE GIVEN 700 M TO RWANDA.

Over the course of six years ministers had intended to spend £10bn on the policy, but they never divulged this figure to parliament.

This didn't cover Food and Board,Admin and Court Costs plus Flights and board of Tory mps. 4 Home Secretaries have been there

Already, about £1.5m has been spent on legal costs for the scheme, and there will be additional costs of setting up an appeals procedure in Rwanda, plus the legal expense of dealing with any further challenges. There is also the cost of sending ministers and officials out to Rwanda

Ministers hiding soaring costs of Rwanda deportation plan, says MP
Committee head says report of £15m being paid on top of £140m already spent shows ‘total disregard’ for parliamentary scrutiny

The Bibby Stockholm costs taxpayers nearly £300,000 a week. So much for cutting bills.

The contract was published under the title “provision of bridging accommodation and travel services” and was for an estimated value of £1,593,535,200 over two years. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick has pledged to end the use of 50 asylum hotels by the end of January.

the daily cost of the barge being docked in Portland and added it to the £2.5million the Home Office is paying to Portland Port, as well as costs given to Dorset council. The party also added on additional costs of approximately £3,500 for every occupied bed which it said would have been incurred on the days that asylum seekers were briefly aboard the Bibby Stockholm, as well as costs for their relocation and medical testing following the discovery of legionella bacteria

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The barge operators have already recruited over 20 local people to support residents onboard, and there will be further job opportunities in the coming weeks. They are also spending about £1 million a year with local farmers and suppliers for food produce.

The Bibby Stockholm has a medical treatment room

Dorset Council is receiving £1.7m over the planned 18-month duration of the vessel's stay in the port - based on £3,500 per bed space, with a further £377,000 available to fund support and activities for its residents.

The cost of housing asylum seekers in a former RAF base in Lincolnshire could reach £260m by 2026, a leaked government document shows.

Ministers have argued placing asylum seekers on sites like RAF Scampton would be cheaper than using hotels.

But a Home Office memo written just days before plans were announced found the change only represented "marginal" value for money over three years.
Private firm to be awarded £1m health contract at new asylum accommodation site
NHS trust says contract needed ‘for reasons of extreme urgency’ as costs of Rishi Sunak’s controversial asylum military bases and barges mount
BREAKING: Rwanda government threatens to pull out of the deal if it does not adhere to international law.

Hugely problematic - and potentially humiliating - for govt if its partner country decides the deal is too toxic.
THE TORIES HAVE TRIED 44 TIMES TO STOP THE BOATS
Forty-three times the Conservatives tried (and failed) to tackle Channel crossings

From jetski patrols to Rwanda deportations, the Tories have not been short of schemes to deter small boats

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LABOUR GOVERNMENT
Border Security Bill will have new powers to enable authorities to treat people smugglers like terrorists

Home Office has now used a plane earmarked for the scheme to return 46 criminals and immigration offenders to Vietnam and East Timor instead.

It is the first flight to return illegal migrants to Vietnam since 2022 and the first ever to East Timor.

Between January and March this year, almost one in five registered arrivals on small boats to the UK were from Vietnam – the highest number of any nationality.news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/2023/11/28/upd
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The contract was published under the title “provision of bridging accommodation and travel services” and was for an estimated value of £1,593,535,200 over two years. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick has pledged to end the use of 50 asylum hotels by the end of January.

the daily cost of the barge being docked in Portland and added it to the £2.5million the Home Office is paying to Portland Port, as well as costs given to Dorset council. The party also added on additional costs of approximately £3,500 for every occupied bed which it said would have been incurred on the days that asylum seekers were briefly aboard the Bibby Stockholm, as well as costs for their relocation and medical testing following the discovery of legionella bacteria

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The barge operators have already recruited over 20 local people to support residents onboard, and there will be further job opportunities in the coming weeks. They are also spending about £1 million a year with local farmers and suppliers for food produce.

The Bibby Stockholm has a medical treatment room

Dorset Council is receiving £1.7m over the planned 18-month duration of the vessel's stay in the port - based on £3,500 per bed space, with a further £377,000 available to fund support and activities for its residents.

The cost of housing asylum seekers in a former RAF base in Lincolnshire could reach £260m by 2026, a leaked government document shows.

Ministers have argued placing asylum seekers on sites like RAF Scampton would be cheaper than using hotels.

But a Home Office memo written just days before plans were announced found the change only represented "marginal" value for money over three years.
Private firm to be awarded £1m health contract at new asylum accommodation site
NHS trust says contract needed ‘for reasons of extreme urgency’ as costs of Rishi Sunak’s controversial asylum military bases and barges mount
BREAKING: Rwanda government threatens to pull out of the deal if it does not adhere to international law.

Hugely problematic - and potentially humiliating - for govt if its partner country decides the deal is too toxic.
THE TORIES HAVE TRIED 44 TIMES TO STOP THE BOATS
Forty-three times the Conservatives tried (and failed) to tackle Channel crossings

From jetski patrols to Rwanda deportations, the Tories have not been short of schemes to deter small boats

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LABOUR GOVERNMENT
Border Security Bill will have new powers to enable authorities to treat people smugglers like terrorists

Labour has said that this new border command would operate internationally and be supported by new counter-terrorism style powers. [11] These plans would require legislation, with measures expected to include new powers to enable police to search those suspected of being involved in people smuggling, live monitor their finances and apply for court orders requiring the handover of financial information. [12] Keir Starmer said that legislation to introduce these measures would be passed "very quickly", with a Home Office press release announcing that:

Early legislation is being prepared to introduce new counter terror style powers and stronger measures to tackle organised immigration crime. [13]

Labour's manifesto also explained that the new command would be staffed by "hundreds of new investigators, intelligence officers, and cross-border police officers". [14] Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has said that rapid recruitment for a leader of the command would begin on 8 July 2024, with an expectation that the individual would take up their post in the coming weeks. [15]news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/2023/11/28/upd
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In addition, in its manifesto the Labour Party said that a new security arrangement with the EU would be sought to "ensure access to real-time intelligence and enable our policing teams to lead joint investigations with their European counterparts". [16] As part of the UK's deal to leave the EU, some police access to EU data on criminals, terror suspects and immigration offenders was lost. [17] Reporting on these plans, the Times said that Labour would seek to negotiate access to an EU system called Eurodac, a fingerprinting system used to identify asylum seekers and illegal migrants. [18] This would enable Border Force to identify individuals who have previously been rejected for asylum in another European country and fast-track their asylum case.

The following scheme will stop Afghanistan people coming in small boats, who were
separated by the cock up by Tory Government leaving Afghanistan translators behind.
A long awaited reunion route has opened for Afghan families separated during the evacuation of Kabul, nearly three years since the Taliban takeover.

In the chaos of the withdrawal of Western Forces from Afghanistan in August 2021, thousands of people were separated and family members left behind.

Now those who were able to escape to the UK can apply for their partners and family to join them.

“There remains an urgent need to ensure that those who assisted our efforts in Afghanistan, often at huge personal risk to themselves and their families, can be reunited,” Immigration and Citizenship Minister Seema Malhotra said.

Refugee charities have said today’s announcement is "hugely welcome", describing it as "life changing" - but also cautioned that not every family will meet the new criteria.

ITV News has been following the stories of Afghan families who have been resettled in the UK.

THE 84 M is a bargain considering the Millions of wasted Failed attempts of Tory Gimmicks

UK pledges £84m to stop illegal migration 'at source'

Prime Minister @Keir_Starmer has pledged £84m for projects in Africa and the Middle East to stop illegal migration "at source".

The government said the new funding for education, employment opportunities and humanitarian support would help address the factors driving people to leave their homes.

breakdown of the funding, which will all come from the existing overseas aid budget, showed there would be:

• £13m to expand "migration for development" programmes in North and East Africa;
• £21m in multilateral support for key host and transit countries, including Libya, Ethiopia, Egypt, and Chad;
• £26m for programmes across the Middle East and wider region to support Syrian refugees;
• £24m in direct funding to support communities in Sudan, Chad, and Ethiopia.

An additional £2m will go towards supporting the International Organisation for Migration's projects in Libya.ein.org.uk/news/house-lor…
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Steph Dennis

@steffd62

Jul 23

STAYING ON BENEFITS KEEP KIDS IN POVERTY WELL PAID JOBS WITH GOOD WORKING CONDITIONS FREE CHILDCARE FREE BREAKFAST CLUBS SO PARENTS CAN WORK LONGER HOURS OR GET A JOB.

I AM A QUALIFIED DEBT ADVISER AND HELPED PEOPLE WITH BENEFITS

IM ALSO ON UNIVERSAL CREDIT

Why 2 CHILD CAP AND LIVING ON BENEFITS DOESN'T HELP GET KIDS OUT OF POVERTY

WORKING WITH A GOOD WAGE DOES

FREE CHILDCARE DOES

What has happened to increase poverty?

Lack of Growth in the ECONOMY plus real term wages haven't increased since 2008.

A high cost of living means we all get less to live on.

High Energy bills

High Rent lack of Social housing and Council Houses

Benefits also haven't increased in line with inflation or wage increases. The Income Plantform needs increasing.

I'm on UC and a qualified Debt Adviser

Money taken off your payment UC PAYMENT

Your payments might be reduced if any of the following apply:

you are paying back an advance on a Universal Credit payment

you would get above the amount limited by the benefit cap

you’ve been overpaid benefits in the past

you owe money for Council Tax, court fines, electricity, gas, water or Child Maintenance

you pay your gas or electricity bill directly from your Universal Credit payment

you have a paid job

you have other income – for example, money from pensions or certain other benefits

you have more than £6,000 in money, savings and investments

If you have over £6,000 in money, savings and investments, your payment will be reduced by £4.35 for every £250 you have between £6,000 and £16,000. Another £4.35 is taken off for any remaining amount that is not a complete £250.

PEOPLE ON UC PAY TAX NI THEN

Every £1 you earn from working, your Universal Credit payment goes down by 55p. Your income will be your wages plus your new Universal Credit payment.

Most employers will report your wages for you. You will normally only need to report monthly earnings if you’re self-employed.

Minimum income floor is the earnings around used to work out your benefit. This is applied to self-employed people who claim Universal Credit. If you are self-employed and your earnings are low, your benefit may be worked out on higher earnings than you have. This is called the 'minimum income floor'.
@UKLabour
ARE REFORMING UC and increasing the amount received

There's a shortage of skilled workers such as plumbers,Tilers,
Carpenters electricians builders. Learning a Skilled Trade through Training for unemployed could build the economy very quickly as it increases more tax and NI as soon as people receive their first wages. There's 1000s of jobs that need filling.

Low wages and lack of support is why so many people are struggling financially because they can't work because they can't afford Childcare plus there's not enough Nurseries and School Uniform is too expensive.

The UK needs Growth!

@UKLabour want employers paying a Living wage,better working conditions,
cheaper childcare, FREE CHILDCARE for low income Families thats means tested and FREE breakfast clubs for all Children,free school meals for low income families and end the High costs of School Uniforms.

Low wages and lack of support is why so many people are struggling financially because they can't work because they can't afford Childcare plus there's not enough Nurseries and School Uniform is too expensive.

The UK needs Growth by paying a decent wage with cheaper childcare and FREE breakfast clubs so parents can go to work earlier or start work .

People paying tax increases the ECONOMY, so more for public services and BENEFITS for those who can't WORK.

Many parents get maternity and paternity leave.

Labour will embrace technological advancements in a way that ensures both workers and our economy benefit. Ensure workers can benefit from flexible working, including opportunities for flexi-time contracts and hours that better accommodate school terms where they are not currently available, by making flexible working the default from day one for all workers, except where it is not reasonably feasible.

Young parents working more hours or start working increases their income considerably than staying on benefits. They pay tax and 6 grows the economy every time they are paid. This is what Labour's plan people with young children to get back to work with support and better wages.

NEW DEAL FOR WORKING PEOPLE BELOW

…

Universal Credit replaces Working Tax Credit and Child tax Credit

UC AMOUNTS PAID

under 25s £489.23
Over 25s. £617. 60

IF PEOPLE WORK FOR 30 HRS On National Minimum Wage, LOOK AT THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN INCOME
WITH A LABOUR GOVERNMENT

EARNINGS ON MINIMUM WAGE

Under 21 £1117.91

OVER 21s earn £1487.08 A MONTH

Which is WORTH PER PERSON £298 in TAX and £132 NI every month, which ADDS UP TO £5160 a Year
TO GROWING THE ECONOMY and contributing to Public services and BENEFITS for those who CAN'T WORK.

All wages and benefits should be
equal as it discriminates against young people. At the moment they are not.

On UC EXTRA MONEY FOR CHILDREN
2 CHILD CAP

1 Child. £333.32
2 Child. £287.92
UP TO END OF EDUCATION

ON UC
CHILDCARE COSTS ARE PAID UP TO 85% OF THE BILL.

30 HOURS OF FREE CHILDCARE.

SO THOSE ON UC CAN GET MORE THAN 30 HOURS FREE CHILDCARE SO THEY CAN EARN HIGHER WAGES.

CHILDCARE BENEFITS ON UC ARE:-

1 CHILD £1014
2 CHILDREN. £1739

IF PARENTS WORK ON UC, THEY WOULD GET THE ABOVE PLUS

FREE BREAKFAST CLUBS SO PARENTS CAN GO TO WORK EARLIER TO INCREASE HOUSEHOLD INCOME
OR START WORK

FREE SCHOOL LUNCHES

HELP TOWARDS SCHOOL UNIFORM

30 HOURS FREE CHILDCARE TO INCREASE HOUSEHOLD INCOME

@UKLabour are reforming UC and keeping in name only. It is not easy to claim as lots of hoops to jump through, and Claiments have to go online

@UKLabour want to get young people back to work, off benefits and out of poverty

@UKLabour will ban exploitative zero hour contracts
Labour will end ‘one sided’ flexibility and ensure all jobs provide a baseline level of security and predictability, banning exploitative zero hours contracts and ensuring everyone has the right to have a contract that reflects the number of hours they regularly work, based on a 12-week reference period.

@UKLabour plan to make work pay will ensure more people stay in work, make work more family-friendly and improve living standards, putting more money in working people’s pockets to spend, boosting economic growth, resilience and conditions for innovation. Stronger trade unions and collective bargaining will be key to tackling problems of insecurity, inequality, discrimination, enforcement and low pay.

Staying on benefits increases a families Poverty . Good jobs take Families out Poverty

THOSE WHO WANT TO SCRAP THE CAP NEED TO UNDERSTAND

@UKLabour WILL GET YOUNG PEOPLE BACK TO WORK WITH GOOD WAGES WITH IMPROVED WORKERS RIGHTS AND OFF BENEFITS.

The next Labour government would go further and make sure the minimum wage is a real living wage that people can live on.

To achieve this, we would change the Low Pay Commission’s remit so that alongside median wages and economic conditions, the minimum wage will for the first time reflect the need for pay to take into account the cost of living.

We will remove the discriminatory age bands to ensure every adult worker benefits, and we will work with the Single Enforcement Body and HMRC and ensure they have the powers necessary to make sure our genuine living wage is properly enforced, including penalties for non-compliance.is.Support
labour.org.uk/updates/storie

Labour will work with the Single Enforcement Body and HMRC to ensure the National Minimum Wage regulations on travel time in sectors with multiple working sites is enforced and that workers’ contracts reflect the law. More widely, we will work with the Low Pay Commission, trade unions, employers, the Council for Economic Growth and more to address the ongoing issue of low pay.

Childcare will be available and accessible

Over three thousand new nursery classes across England to open up access to childcare hours for families. Spare school classrooms will be converted into high quality spaces for nurseries, paid for by ending the tax breaks private schools enjoy.

Labour Lords have already ended the outdated restrictions preventing councils offering childcare themselves.

Childcare will support our children to achieve and thrive

Labour will deliver half a million more children hitting the Early Learning Goals by 2030.

Labour will bring a new focus on supporting language skills and maths learning right from the start.

Labour will support staff working in childcare & early education so they are recognised for the skilled and important work they are doing.

Labour has commissioned Sir David Bell, former chief inspector of Ofsted, to look at how we can drive up standards in childcare in England.

Childcare will be affordable

Labour will deliver the enhanced entitlements the government have offered, saving thousands of pounds a year for working families.

Labour will support three quarters of a million more parents to re-enter the labour market.

Childcare won’t end when children start school

Labour will provide free breakfast clubs in every primary school in England, paid for by ending tax loopholes and clamping down on tax evasion.

Breakfast clubs drive up attendance and standards and improve behaviour and attainment, because it’s about the club not just the breakfast.

We’ll give parents choices for an earlier start to the working day – helping families to get on not just get by.

We will take initial steps to confront poverty by introducing free breakfast clubs in every primary school, protecting renters from arbitrary eviction, slashing fuel poverty, banning exploitative zero hours contracts, and improving support to help people get into good work.

Our system of state, private, and workplace pensions provide the basis for security in retirement. Labour will retain the triple lock for the state pension. We will also adopt reforms to workplace pensions to deliver better outcomes for UK savers and pensioners. Our pensions review will consider what further steps are needed to improve security in retirement, as well as to increase productive investment in the UK economy.

…

People who can't WORK due to disability or with disabled children ARE EXCEMPT FROM 2 CHILD CAP

Universal Credit: support for a maximum of 2 children: information for claimants

Special circumstances
We call these special circumstances “exceptions”.

If you’re responsible for a third or subsequent child and they meet the criteria for the multiple births or non-consensual conception exceptions listed below, you may get the additional child amount of Universal Credit for that child.

You may also be able to get an exception for any children in your household who meet the criteria for the non-parental care or adoption exceptions. This will not affect any amounts you may be able to get for any other children in your household.

Multiple births
You can get extra Universal Credit for your third and subsequent children if they are born as part of a multiple birth, apart from one child in that birth. This means the exception applies to the additional children in that birth

labour.org.uk/change/break-d
gov.uk/guidance/unive…

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Steph Dennis

@steffd62

Jul 19

The MEDIA haven't said anything about the diplomatic work Keir Starmer and David Lammy have been doing in the Middle East even before October 7th.

Keir has made 8 Statements up to December last year calling for Sustainable Ceasation of Violence,
Humanitarian Ceasefire now, Sustainable Ceasefire
since October 16th
As the situation has deteriorated and in line with other countries He called for an Immediate Lasting Ceasefire.

CORBYN’S FOLLOWERS WANTED HIM TO COPY WHAT CORBYN WAS CHANTING

CEASEFIRE NOW. THEY REFUSED TO ACCEPT ANY OTHER WORDS. IT HAD TO BE CORBYN’S WAY. THEY HAVE BULLIED AND INTIMIDATED LABOUR MPS BECAUSE THEY DIDNT USE THEIR SLOGAN.

Corbyn Followers keep going on what he said on LBC ref Water and Electricity. Gaza had its own Utility Infrastructure ran by Solar and Fuel Generators.
Hamas has taken Gaza Fuel Aid to operate their tunnels with Water Electricity and Air while Gazans have nothing including their hospitals.

Nobody knew there was such a bad crisis after October 7th due to £20 Million invested in Desalination Plants by UNICEF EU and other Donors worldwide.

ISRAEL ONLY SUPPLIED 7% OF GAZA WATER UP TO OCTOBER 7TH
THERE HAS BEEN LONG-TERM PROBLEMS AS HAMAS NOT FINANCING REPAIRS AND HAVE DUG UP PIPE WORK

Ref Electricity

Many Palastinians have to use Generators including hospitals. The Electricity infrastructure needs fuel to work,so does water supply.

Keir Starmer has gone down diplomatic route and
met Arab Leaders,Palestinian and Israeli Opposition Parties. He's done all he can in opposition but CORBYN’S Cult want him to only do what they say. They want to control him.

On 2nd Dec, Keir Starmer met the Amir of Qatar.

02 December 2023
13:03 PM

Doha, December 02 (QNA) - HH the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani met on Saturday at his Lusail Palace office with HE Leader of the Labour Party of the United Kingdom Keir Starmer and the accompanying delegation.
During the meeting, they discussed the friendship and cooperation relations between the two countries and exchanged opinions on the latest regional and international developments of
mutual interest. (QNA)

@Keir_Starmer
met Arab Ambassadors on 29th November in London
and held 'productive discussions' with Arab ambassadors over Israel-Gaza
Twenty ambassadors and officials attend gathering focused on the 'next steps'
The meeting was chaired by Bahrain’s ambassador to the UK, Sheikh Fawaz Al Khalifa, and involved 20 regional ambassadors and officials.
They included deputy head of mission at the UAE embassy in the UK, Khalid Saud AlQasimi; Husam Zomlot, head of the Palestinian mission to the UK; and Hassan Aljomae, deputy ambassador of Saudi Arabia.

The meeting was also attended by representatives from other embassies, including Lebanon, Qatar, Iraq, Jordan, Somalia, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Tunisia, Algeria, Mauritania, Sudan, Libya, Yemen, Morocco and the Arab League.

31st Jan
@UKLabour launched a Middle East Council
The Labour Middle East Council (LMEC) was founded with the fundamental goal of cultivating understanding and fostering enduring relationships between UK parliamentarians and the Middle East & North Africa (MENA).

LMEC's immediate mission is to build relationships and provide essential context and insights on the complexities and significance of the region, as well as its future relationship with the UK, through bilateral engagements, events, analysis, and debate.

labourmena.co.uk

31st October
KEIR STARMER

"The humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza which again, plays out on a previously unimaginable scale.

Thousands of innocent Palestinians…

Dead.

Displaced.

Desperate for food and water, reduced to drinking contaminated filth, hiding out in hospitals for shelter whilst in those same buildings, babies lie in incubators that could turn off at any moment.
the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza which again, plays out on a previously unimaginable scale.
We have to get many more aid trucks across the Rafah crossing.

We have to get food, water, electricity, medicine and fuel into Gaza.

We have to preserve innocent lives.

Hospitals must be protected and cannot become targets.

Across the West – we have been calling for this for weeks.

But it hasn’t happened.

The siege conditions haven’t lifted.

That’s unacceptable – and it cannot continue.

…

Theres No sign of anyone doing more than The Labour Party .

Waving Palestinian banners and shouting Ceasefire Now! has been ignored by Hamas and Netanyahu!!

I'd rather the global community were supporting the Palestinian and Israeli people in working towards a lasting peace,A 2 state solution, An Internationally recognised Palestinian State End of Illegal settlements and Settler violence.

On 2nd November
David Lammy urged UK government to press Israel to end West Bank violence
Letter to James Cleverly criticises ‘offensive rhetoric’ by some Israeli ministers and calls for settlers inciting hatred to be banned from UK

Labour will oppose expulsions of Palestinians and bar violent settlers from UK

Labour will pressure Israel to halt the theft of land in the West Bank. Settlers are killing hopes for a two-state solution and Sunak’s government did nothing

Here's David Lammy article

Labour oppose expulsions of Palestinians and bar violent settlers from UK

In opposition Labour questioned continued arms exports to Israel with Rafah humanitarian crisis
Labour pressed deputy foreign minister Andrew Mitchell on arms sales to Israel as he responded to an urgent question in the Commons

David Maddox
Political editor
Tuesday 07 May 2024 19:25 BST

@DavidLammy
Israeli offensive in Rafah will be catastrophic. The world has warned against it. I asked the Government what will the consequences be? He didn’t have an answer.
…

@UKLabour demands travel bans for perpetrators of settler violence in West Bank

The shadow foreign secretary was writing after visiting a Bedouin community in the West Bank.

Labour will be “tirelessly committed to the hard diplomacy required to help deliver lasting peace” says Lammy as he makes visit Israel and the West Bank

19 November, 202322:30

…

@DavidLammy visited Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories

@DavidLammy also met with the Palestinian Authority’s deputy foreign minister Amal Jadu in the West Bank.

In Israel, he met with politicians including president Isaac Herzog after calling for a “longer pause” to the conflict to alleviate the “shocking humanitarian emergency” in Gaza.
He also met with the Palestinian Authority’s deputy foreign minister Amal Jadu in the West Bank.

From Israel, Mr Lammy criticised the international allies for failing to realise the threat posed by Hamas ahead of the October 7 bloodshed.

The shadow foreign secretary urged them to “learn the lessons of decades of failure to resolve this conflict”.

He said political leaders have been complacently “content with the delusions of wishful thinking” while failing to work for a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine.

@UKLabour
HAVE GONE DOWN DIPLOMATIC ROUTE FROM OCTOBER INCLUDING MEETING PALASTINIAN LEADERS, AMBASSADORS AND @Keir_Starmer met ARAB LEADERS IN QATAR.labour.org.uk/updates/press-
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x.com/DavidLammy/sta
policymogul.com/key-updates/32

FROM DAY ONE @UKLabour has said INTERNATIONAL LAW MUST BE UPHELD

They want Hard diplomacy which is required with all governments in the region to deliver a longer pause immediately to respond to the shocking humanitarian emergency in Gaza, secure the release of hostages so cruelly taken by Hamas and as a necessary step to an enduring cessation of violence

@UKLabour government would unilaterally recognise a Palestinian state, shadow foreign secretary David Lammy told the Financial Times in a wide-ranging interview on Britain’s place in the world. Lammy, speaking on a four-day visit to India, said if Labour won power, it would prefer to work with partners, including the US, in recognising Palestinian statehood.

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@steffd62

Jul 19

@HackneyAbbott
@KimJohnsonMP

Why 2 CHILD CAP AND LIVING ON BENEFITS DOESN'T HELP GET KIDS OUT OF POVERTY

WORKING WITH A GOOD WAGE DOES WITH FREE CHILDCARE DOES

What has happened to increase poverty?

Lack of Growth in the ECONOMY plus real term wages haven't increased since 2008.

A high cost of living means we all get less to live on.

High Energy bills

High Rent lack of Social housing and Council Houses

Benefits also haven't increased in line with inflation or wage increases. The Income Plantform needs increasing.

I'm on UC and a qualified Debt Adviser

Money taken off your payment UC PAYMENT

Your payments might be reduced if any of the following apply:

you are paying back an advance on a Universal Credit payment

you would get above the amount limited by the benefit cap

you’ve been overpaid benefits in the past

you owe money for Council Tax, court fines, electricity, gas, water or Child Maintenance

you pay your gas or electricity bill directly from your Universal Credit payment

you have a paid job

you have other income – for example, money from pensions or certain other benefits

you have more than £6,000 in money, savings and investments

If you have over £6,000 in money, savings and investments, your payment will be reduced by £4.35 for every £250 you have between £6,000 and £16,000. Another £4.35 is taken off for any remaining amount that is not a complete £250.

PEOPLE ON UC PAY TAX NI THEN

Every £1 you earn from working, your Universal Credit payment goes down by 55p. Your income will be your wages plus your new Universal Credit payment.

Most employers will report your wages for you. You will normally only need to report monthly earnings if you’re self-employed.

Minimum income floor is the earnings around used to work out your benefit. This is applied to self-employed people who claim Universal Credit. If you are self-employed and your earnings are low, your benefit may be worked out on higher earnings than you have. This is called the 'minimum income floor'.
@UKLabour
ARE REFORMING UC and increasing the amount received

There's a shortage of skilled workers such as plumbers,Tilers,
Carpenters electricians builders. Learning a Skilled Trade through Training for unemployed could build the economy very quickly as it increases moretaxx and NI as soon as people receive their first wages. There's 1000s of jobs that need filling.

Low wages and lack of support is why so many people are struggling financially because they can't work because they can't afford Childcare plus there's not enough Nurseries and School Uniform is too expensive.

The UK needs Growth!

@UKLabour want employers paying a Living wage,better working conditions,
cheaper childcare, FREE CHILDCARE for low income Families thats means tested and FREE breakfast clubs for all Children,free school meals for low income families and end the High costs of School Uniforms.

Low wages and lack of support is why so many people are struggling financially because they can't work because they can't afford Childcare plus there's not enough Nurseries and School Uniform is too expensive.

The UK needs Growth by paying a decent wage with cheaper childcare and FREE breakfast clubs so parents can go to work earlier or start work .

People paying tax increases the ECONOMY, so more for public services and BENEFITS for those who can't WORK.

Many parents get maternity and paternity leave.

Labour will embrace technological advancements in a way that ensures both workers and our economy benefit. Ensure workers can benefit from flexible working, including opportunities for flexi-time contracts and hours that better accommodate school terms where they are not currently available, by making flexible working the default from day one for all workers, except where it is not reasonably feasible.

@HackneyAbbott
@KimJohnsonMP

Young parents working more hours or start working increases their income considerably than staying on benefits. They pay tax and 6 grows the economy every time they are paid. This is what Labour's plan people with young children to get back to work with support and better wages.

NEW DEAL FOR WORKING PEOPLE BELOW

…

Universal Credit replaces Working Tax Credit and Child tax Credit

UC AMOUNTS PAID

under 25s £489.23
Over 25s. £617. 60

IF PEOPLE WORK FOR 30 HRS On National Minimum Wage, LOOK AT THE BIG DIFFERENCE IN INCOME
WITH A LABOUR GOVERNMENT PLUS WORKING PEOPLE GET

EARNINGS ON MINIMUM WAGE

Under 21 £1117.91

OVER 21s earn £1487.08 A MONTH

Which is WORTH PER PERSON £298 in TAX and £132 NI every month, which ADDS UP TO £5160 a Year
TO GROWING THE ECONOMY and contributing to Public services and BENEFITS for those who CAN'T WORK.

All wages and benefits should be
equal as it discriminates against young people. At the moment they are not.

On UC EXTRA MONEY FOR CHILDREN
2 CHILD CAP

1 Child. £333.32
2 Child. £287.92
UP TO END OF EDUCATION

ON UC
CHILDCARE COSTS ARE PAID UP TO 85% OF THE BILL. In addition to 30 HOURS OF FREE CHILDCARE.

SO THOSE ON UC CAN GET MORE THAN 30 HOURS FREE CHILDCARE SO THEY CAN EARN HIGHER WAGES.

CHILDCARE BENEFITS ON UC ARE:-

1 CHILD £1014
2 CHILDREN. £1739

IF PARENTS WORK ON UC, THEY WOULD GET THE ABOVE PLUS

FREE BREAKFAST CLUBS SO PARENTS CAN GO TO WORK EARLIER TO INCREASE HOUSEHOLD INCOME
OR START WORK

FREE SCHOOL LUNCHES

HELP TOWARDS SCHOOL UNIFORM

30 HOURS FREE CHILDCARE TO INCREASE HOUSEHOLD INCOME

@UKLabour are reforming UC and keeping in name only. It is not easy to claim as lots of hoops to jump through, and Claiments have to go online

@UKLabour want to get young people back to work, off benefits and out of poverty

@UKLabour will ban exploitative zero hour contracts
Labour will end ‘one sided’ flexibility and ensure all jobs provide a baseline level of security and predictability, banning exploitative zero hours contracts and ensuring everyone has the right to have a contract that reflects the number of hours they regularly work, based on a 12-week reference period.

@UKLabour plan to make work pay will ensure more people stay in work, make work more family-friendly and improve living standards, putting more money in working people’s pockets to spend, boosting economic growth, resilience and conditions for innovation. Stronger trade unions and collective bargaining will be key to tackling problems of insecurity, inequality, discrimination, enforcement and low pay.

Staying on benefits increases a families Poverty . Good jobs take Families out Poverty

THOSE WHO WANT TO SCRAP THE CAP NEED TO UNDERSTAND

@UKLabour WILL GET YOUNG PEOPLE BACK TO WORK WITH GOOD WAGES WITH IMPROVED WORKERS RIGHTS AND OFF BENEFITS.is.Support
labour.org.uk/updates/storie

@HackneyAbbott
@KimJohnsonMP
@RachelReevesMP

The next Labour government would go further and make sure the minimum wage is a real living wage that people can live on.

To achieve this, we would change the Low Pay Commission’s remit so that alongside median wages and economic conditions, the minimum wage will for the first time reflect the need for pay to take into account the cost of living.

We will remove the discriminatory age bands to ensure every adult worker benefits, and we will work with the Single Enforcement Body and HMRC and ensure they have the powers necessary to make sure our genuine living wage is properly enforced, including penalties for non-compliance.

Labour will work with the Single Enforcement Body and HMRC to ensure the National Minimum Wage regulations on travel time in sectors with multiple working sites is enforced and that workers’ contracts reflect the law. More widely, we will work with the Low Pay Commission, trade unions, employers, the Council for Economic Growth and more to address the ongoing issue of low pay.

Childcare will be available and accessible

Over three thousand new nursery classes across England to open up access to childcare hours for families. Spare school classrooms will be converted into high quality spaces for nurseries, paid for by ending the tax breaks private schools enjoy.

Labour Lords have already ended the outdated restrictions preventing councils offering childcare themselves.

Childcare will support our children to achieve and thrive

Labour will deliver half a million more children hitting the Early Learning Goals by 2030.

Labour will bring a new focus on supporting language skills and maths learning right from the start.

Labour will support staff working in childcare & early education so they are recognised for the skilled and important work they are doing.

Labour has commissioned Sir David Bell, former chief inspector of Ofsted, to look at how we can drive up standards in childcare in England.

Childcare will be affordable

Labour will deliver the enhanced entitlements the government have offered, saving thousands of pounds a year for working families.

Labour will support three quarters of a million more parents to re-enter the labour market.

Childcare won’t end when children start school

Labour will provide free breakfast clubs in every primary school in England, paid for by ending tax loopholes and clamping down on tax evasion.

Breakfast clubs drive up attendance and standards and improve behaviour and attainment, because it’s about the club not just the breakfast.

We’ll give parents choices for an earlier start to the working day – helping families to get on not just get by.

We will take initial steps to confront poverty by introducing free breakfast clubs in every primary school, protecting renters from arbitrary eviction, slashing fuel poverty, banning exploitative zero hours contracts, and improving support to help people get into good work.

Our system of state, private, and workplace pensions provide the basis for security in retirement. Labour will retain the triple lock for the state pension. We will also adopt reforms to workplace pensions to deliver better outcomes for UK savers and pensioners. Our pensions review will consider what further steps are needed to improve security in retirement, as well as to increase productive investment in the UK economy.

…

Here's a suggestion
to consider
@RachelReevesMP
@Keir_Starmer

Why not scrap 2 Child Cap for people who can't WORK ???

Means Test Child BENEFIT Weekly For people earning up to 45K.
You would save a fortune
I've not worked out how many people over 45K get child benefit but it's an option to increase CBC for those who can't WORKlabour.org.uk/change/break-d

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