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November 2017’s edition of my E-newsletter

November’s edition of my e-newsletter can be found here. This edition contains information on the Budget, and constituency and parliamentary updates.  For more regular news you can like my page on Facebook or follow me on twitter @Debbie_abrahams

A ‘no change’ Budget from a Government which leaves most people worse off

Last week’s Budget is turning out to be a bitter disappointment for most people. As the analysis continues, it’s emerging that those on the lowest incomes will be worse off by £900 a year in 2020 as the promised increase in the National Living Wage will not go ahead. On top of that, the Institute […]

Government cuts will detrimentally impact the police

The Government have repeatedly insisted they have protected police budgets since 2015 but new research shows that Greater Manchester Police has lost 2,072 officers since 2010 and over £4m during 2016 and 2017. The continuation of these real-terms funding cuts will detrimentally impact the police following the budget. The Chancellor found no new Government funding for the police, […]

Chancellor, keep a million children out of poverty. Fix universal credit

In the last month there has been mounting evidence that the government’s flagship social security programme, universal credit, is not fit for purpose – and Labour believes the budget is a chance to fix it. The original objectives of universal credit (UC) were to simplify social security support while ensuring that work always pays, and […]

The evidence is clear – Universal Credit is pushing children into poverty

It is now three weeks since the government was unanimously defeated in a vote in the House of Commons, 299 to zero. The occasion? Labour’s call for the roll out of Universal Credit to be paused while the government’s so-called flagship social security programme was fixed. Since then, even though the Speaker awarded an emergency […]

October’s edition of my E-newsletter

Check out the October’s edition of my e-newsletter here. This edition contains information on Universal Credit, and constituency and parliamentary updates including my comments on the Boundary Commission’s Revised Proposals. For more regular news you can like my page on Facebook or follow me on twitter @Debbie_abrahams

Debbie backs calls for disability awareness training for taxi and minicab drivers

I am supporting Guide Dogs for the Blind Association’s (Guide Dogs) call for all taxi and minicab drivers to undertake disability equality training so they understand the rights and needs of disabled passengers and feel confident to offer assistance. The Equality Act 2010 makes it illegal for a taxi or minicab driver to refuse to […]

September’s edition of my E-newsletter

Check out the September edition of my e-newsletter here. This edition contains information on the recent Labour Conference, and constituency and parliamentary updates.  For more regular news you can like my page on Facebook or follow me on twitter @Debbie_abrahams.

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