THANET LABOUR GROUP has grave concerns about the Welfare Reform Act and Universal Credit system this Tory led Government wants to implement.
WHO WILL BE AFFECTED?
By the time the new system is fully in place, 2017, it will affect 19 million people and particularly:
WHO WILL BE AFFECTED?
By the time the new system is fully in place, 2017, it will affect 19 million people and particularly:
- pensioners
- disabled people
- people on long-term sickness
- families on low income and their children
- people living in rented accommodation
- unemployed people
- single parents
- disabled people
- people on long-term sickness
- families on low income and their children
- people living in rented accommodation
- unemployed people
- single parents
Do any of these people choose to be in that situation? Of course not! But they should all be treated with fairness and respect.
The Labour Group on Thanet District Council is also worried that many questions still remain such as:
The Labour Group on Thanet District Council is also worried that many questions still remain such as:
- how and where will someone apply locally?
- what documents will they need and where will they take them locally?
- If and where will there be a ‘Universal Credit’ office?
- how does someone get face to face advice and help if they have a problem?
- what documents will they need and where will they take them locally?
- If and where will there be a ‘Universal Credit’ office?
- how does someone get face to face advice and help if they have a problem?
People will be expected to apply on-line or through a call centre.
UNIVERSAL CREDIT will be paid MONTHLY, IN ARREARS, TO ONE MEMBER OF THE HOUSEHOLD.
If anything goes wrong with the claim, a whole family could be without any income for a whole month!
COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT
COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT
Local councils are also being placed in the difficult situation by this Tory-led government of having to produce a localised Council Tax Benefit scheme but with less money to pay for it. The LABOUR administration at Thanet District Council will try to minimise the impact of the overall 10% cut in funding imposed BY THIS GOVERNMENT on Thanet residents who currently receive Council Tax Benefit.
LOCAL LABOUR COUNCILLORS will do everything we can to defend the Welfare State as a symbol of a just and civilised society that looks after people who find themselves in a difficult situation through no choice of their own.
LOCAL LABOUR COUNCILLORS will do everything we can to defend the Welfare State as a symbol of a just and civilised society that looks after people who find themselves in a difficult situation through no choice of their own.
We will be available to help and discuss any benefit problems residents in our wards may have.
Published by Thanet Labour Group Press Office. 44 Northdown Road, Margate, Kent, CT9 2RW.
And no doubt as ever with Labour, push the country deeper into bankruptcy in the process. One day, the Labour way, there will be no money left to pay anybody anything. Then what?
ReplyDeleteThere's plenty of money. Look at the huge amounts spent to refloat the banks. Or the massive amounts spent on tanks and planes and missiles. Look at the billions at KCC and TDC.
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