Andy Sawford
Main Page: Andy Sawford (Labour (Co-op) - Corby)(9 years, 6 months ago)
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Kris Hopkins
One way in which we can get people to stop using food banks is to get them into a job, and this Government have delivered 1.8 million jobs for those individuals.
Andy Sawford (Corby) (Lab/Co-op)
The New Policy Institute says that more than 200,000 families have been hit by both increases in council tax, due to the withdrawal of council tax support, and the bedroom tax. Will the Minister make a proper assessment of that tax double whammy on the least able to pay, and will he tell us why he is so keen to increase taxes on the poorest people?
Kris Hopkins
This Government have frozen council tax for some five years, and in real terms it is 11% less than it was, which equates to a saving of more than £1,000 for an individual household. That is the Government’s track record.