Motion or amendment: Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity
Motion or amendment by Mrs Michelle Guy on .
- MLA
- Mrs Michelle Guy
- Party at the time
- Alliance Party
- Date
- 18 March 2025
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion · Private Members' Motion
- Heading
- Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity
- Assembly identifier
- Document 432926
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Social Security Reform and Economic Inactivity
That this Assembly opposes the approach of the UK Government to reforming disability benefits; believes that withdrawing or cutting social security support for those most in need risks exacerbating poverty and increasing pressure on other public services; agrees that there are other, more progressive, ways to generate additional money for government, including tax increases for the super-wealthy; calls on the UK Government to reconsider the punitive elements of its proposals and ensure fairness and dignity for those requiring welfare support; and further calls on the Minister for Communities to work with the UK Government on the establishment of a UK-wide commission to develop holistic, cross-departmental proposals for addressing economic inactivity among those with long-term illnesses and disabilities.
123 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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