Submitted on Wednesday 9th January 2013
Rejected on Wednesday 21st June 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Repeal the Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill 2012-2013
We are calling for the repealling of the Benefit Uprating Bill 2012.
The Benefit Uprating Bill has imposed a meagre one per cent increase on working age benefits for three years until 2016. It is believed 7 million families are affected and one million disabled people. Approx 2.5 million unemployed people are also affected.
The capped increase means benefits will not increase by rate of inflation but well below the rate of inflation, imposing even more poverty on millions.
It is fundamentally wrong to impose poverty on millions whilst giving even more tax cuts for millionaires.
The benefit cap, unless it is repealled, also means any Labour government would have to implement the governments cap at the start of any Labour government from 2015.
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