Poverty In The UK

EDM number 877 in 2007-08, proposed by John McDonnell on 05/02/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Incomes and poverty, Sickness, disability and carers' benefits, Unemployment and Working age benefits.

That this House notes the recent comments by the Government's welfare reforms adviser, David Freud, about those on incapacity benefits, by the newly appointed Work and Pensions Secretary of State on the unemployed and those on incapacity benefits and by the new Housing Minister on eligibility for council housing; further notes two recent reports by the Institute for Fiscal Studies and by the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group, which respectively show the UK income inequality to be at its highest levels since the late 1940s and that fuel poverty targets will be missed, which follows the failure of the Government to meet child poverty targets; and therefore calls upon Government Ministers to concentrate on attacking poverty rather than attacking the poor.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.