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Lord Young of Cookham: .... Some £2.5 billion has been invested in this scheme since October 2022. It is the largest investment in the capacity of local authorities to deliver crisis support following the abolition of the Social Fund. Local authorities, the budgets of which are under pressure, would not have been able to find the £900 million to carry on with the scheme, so top marks to the Chancellor for...
Lyn Brown: ...extremely difficult with 14 years of austerity having left Newham Council reeling while massively increasing local need. The real impact of funding cuts is hard to quantify because each cut has a social and economic impact, but Newham’s general fund has been cut by about 18% and its population has increased by 16%. Of course, we cannot fix all of that through procurement, but we can...
Baroness Scott of Bybrook: ...duty, land tax and cutting capital gains tax when landlords sell to sitting tenants. The Government have already taken action by cutting stamp duty during the pandemic, up to March 2025. This is reducing the financial burden on first-time buyers across the country, but particularly in and around London and the south-east, where these pressures are felt most acutely. On cutting capital...
Janet Finch-Saunders: ...can get about four houses per £1 million. That's a lot of money. And you also state in your statement that £17 million has come in as a result of the council tax premiums for homelessness and new rented social homes, so my statement is going to ask a few questions, Minister. I'd be really grateful if you could answer them today. So, how many new rented social homes have been built with...
Yvonne Fovargue: ...first place cause real hardship. We have to put those small changes in the context of a cost of living crisis that is affecting millions of people. StepChange says that two in five people are currently struggling to keep up with household bills and credit commitments, and its advisers regularly speak to clients struggling to meet even the most basic needs, such as getting a healthy meal...
Mabon ap Gwynfor: ...maintain that this action should have been taken much earlier, rather than waiting until after another challenging winter. So, let's be clear, though: fuel poverty is a multifaceted issue. We can reduce it by improving the housing stock that exists through installing low-carbon technologies, retrofitting, and we need to increase the scale and pace of delivering low-carbon social housing....
Jacob Young: ... the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green (Catherine West) for securing this important debate. She has worked tirelessly over the years to promote the interests of people and families living in social housing. I am also grateful to the hon. Member for Bolton South East (Yasmin Qureshi) for her invaluable contribution to this debate. Like both hon. Members, I believe that everyone has...
Matt Western: ...and mirrors. The Chancellor claimed that GDP had risen, that growth was on the up, and that taxes were falling, because he wants to set October 2022 as year zero. However, the public know differently, because they have seen 24 tax rises and are feeling the highest tax burden since world war two. The Resolution Foundation has found that tax rises of around £20 billion were introduced in...
Jeremy Corbyn: ...has been providing them since 2010. It is a huge step forward. We have a very high rate of child poverty, with 47.5% of our children living in poverty. This Budget could have done so much to reduce levels of child poverty and improve the livelihood of some of the poorest people in the country, which is why I intervened on the right hon. Member for Bournemouth East (Mr Ellwood) in the way...
Richard Foord: ...I had to answer this question myself several months ago, when I learned of plans by NHS Devon to hand back part of Seaton Community Hospital to NHS Property Services, from which NHS Devon had been renting the building. I had little idea why NHS Property Services was the nominal owner of a full wing at Seaton Hospital. That is in spite of the fact that the wing was funded entirely through...
Viscount Younger of Leckie: ...other respects—and for his friendship. As many Peers have mentioned, the right reverend Prelate has consistently raised important matters relating to poverty, and this debate is certainly no different. I will be addressing many of the points he has raised, including raising the national living wage, reappraising of the value of unpaid work, the two-child limit, which is an old favourite...
Mark Isherwood: ...for opening the debate and all speakers for contributing. Janet highlighted one of the lowest completions of new dwellings in Wales since records began, and the rapid increase in demand for rental homes as the number in the rental market reduced by a similar amount because of Welsh Government reforms. And, boy, do I remember moving amendments in those legislative debates, and seeing every...
Marie McNair: ...the Scottish Government’s plans to invest £6.3 billion in benefits and payments in 2024-25, thereby supporting more than 1.2 million people. The Scottish Government has rightly taken a different path from the UK Government on social security. The contrast between the two Governments could not be greater. Here in Scotland, we are creating a social security system that is humane and...
Marion Fellows: I beg to move, That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the Secretary of State to publish proposals for a social tariff for energy. During the autumn statement of 2022, the Government committed to developing a new approach to consumer protection in energy markets in order to consider the best options, including social tariffs. That commitment has been repeated multiple times since,...
Clive Betts: ...for originally providing the time for the statement. Our inquiry looked into the extent of the funding gap in local authorities’ finances, and some of the main spending challenges that they face: social care, special educational needs and homelessness. The report brings attention to key issues ahead of the upcoming local government financial settlement. It makes recommendations not only...
Jacob Young: The Government is committed to halving the number of non-decent rented homes by 2030, building on the strong progress already made in improving the standards of rented homes since 2010. We are clear that everyone deserves to live in a home that is decent, safe and secure. We will bring the private rented sector under the scope of a Decent Homes Standard for the first time and have introduced...
Jacob Young: We are committed to reducing overcrowding by increasing the supply of affordable housing and enabling councils and other social landlords to make better use of their existing stock. Our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver thousands of affordable homes for both rent and to buy right across the country.
Jane Hutt: ...and its impacts here in Wales. So, this is a cross-Government commitment, as will be demonstrated through the Plenary today by statements from the Minister for education and the Deputy Minister for Social Partnership. Through our consultation on this strategy and our wider engagement work, we've heard about how poverty is impacting children, young people, families and communities across...
Vicky Ford: ...see those impacts accelerating and worsening. We also know that actions to tackle climate change need to be global. The Government are right that the UK has done more than any other G7 nation to reduce emissions. They are right that other countries also need to play their part. Incidentally, I get really cross when people say to me, “Countries like China and India are doing nothing.”...
Sarah Murphy: .... That's wonderful to hear. As you know, housing being one of the biggest concerns for people across Wales, the publication of the Welsh Government's Green Paper on housing adequacy and fair rents has been welcomed and has been said to be a huge step forward by many. As we know, there are many factors needed for securing a path towards adequate housing, including fair rents and...