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An elderly lady with her electric fire on at home in Liverpool
LABOUR MPs who voted to cut winter fuel payments to 10 million pensioners were criticised at TUC Congress today.
A motion at the Congress in Brighton calling for major welfare reforms was passed after the government defeated Tuesday’s Commons vote on blocking the cut.
Usdaw general secretary Paddy Lillis called on the government to set up a Universal Credit taskforce for “not just small tweaks around the edges but to make real and lasting change.”
Labour will find increases in the state pension age are unacceptable, just as cuts to the Winter Fuel Allowance, personal independence payments and universal credit are — it needs to change direction immediately, writes PCS general secretary FRAN HEATHCOTE
We cannot refuse to abolish the unjustifiable two-child benefit cap that pushes children into poverty while finding billions of pounds for defence spending — the membership and the public expect better from Labour, writes JON TRICKETT MP
In the current climate, it is vital to bust the myths and put forward the case for a humane and decent social security system that supports people, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE
RICHARD BURGON MP points to the recent relative success of widespread opposition to the Labour leadership’s regressive policies as the blueprint for exacting the changes required to build a fairer society