❤️We built our social security system on compassion and justice.
💔But it's been cut to levels that don't cover #OurEssentials and leave folk needing food banks.
We're joining the Trussell Trust and Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) to urge #LabourConference24 to push for action.
People want the UK Government to work right now to protect people from the injustice of hardship and destitution. Keir Starmer can guarantee that #UniversalCredit meets #OurEssentials in tomorrow's #KingsSpeech.
https://www.trusselltrust.org/get-involved/campaigns/guarantee-our-essentials/
It’s not right that millions of people in the UK are going without the essentials we all need in life. That’s why I’ve signed the Trussell Trust's petition calling on political party leaders to support an Essentials Guarantee. Can you add your name?
RT @TrussellTrust: Universal Credit is only £85 a week. It doesn’t add up. 🧾
The knock-on effect of not having enough income to cover the essentials can have a devastating impact on people’s health.
Join us and @jrf_uk to guarantee #OurEssentials 👉 https://action.trusselltrust.org/nearly-3-million-emergency-food-parcels-guarantee-our-essentials https://t.co/Y4TCoIRCVk
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/catherinerowett/status/1663449362087780352
No one should have to go without the essentials we all need in life. I've just taken action, calling on my MP to support an Essentials Guarantee. Can you? https://action.trusselltrust.org/nearly-3-million-emergency-food-parcels-guarantee-our-essentials
🩺The research found 26% of 🏴 adults surveyed have accessed the NHS due to the impact of the #CostOfLiving crisis on their mental or physical health
✅ First step towards a solution is for UK Gov't to guarantee #ouressentials
https://www.jrf.org.uk/press/cost-living-leading-nhs-demand-surge-scotland
This is why @TheGreenParty has been arguing for Universal Credit to be increased by £40 per week
RT to tell Sunak to #DoTheMaths
RT @jrf_uk: 🧮 We've done our #maths & it doesn't add up!
The current basic rate of #UniversalCredit falls £35 *per week* short of the actual cost of essentials like food, utilities & vital household goods
👉Join us in calling on the Govt to guarantee #OurEssentials https://t.co/W96obGGWaB
🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GreenPartyMolly/status/1648222635799576578
I'm really glad that @humanrightswatch has joined 90+ groups in backing the Guarantee #OurEssentials campaign in the UK -- convened by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation and Trussell Trust -- which seeks to ensure that UK social security payment levels are set to a level that is sufficient to ensure people's rights and a dignified standard of living.
Here's an explainer about what the human rights argument for doing so is. https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/04/19/uk-social-security-should-guarantee-adequate-living-standard
Find out more using the hashtag in burdwurld.
Faced with a cost-of-living crisis and a generational high in inflation, more than 90 organizations today called on politicians across parties in the United Kingdom to ensure social security payments are set to a level that ensures recipients can enjoy their rights and live with dignity.
✔️ We built our #SocialSecurity system on justice and compassion.
❌ So it's wrong that politicians are ignoring those values, by leaving #UniversalCredit too low to cover our basic needs.
👍 Government must protect people and guarantee #OurEssentials.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/press/90-charities-unite-behind-guarantee-essentials
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