division_name: Cost of Living Increases
motion: <p class="indent" pid="c741.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House notes there is a cost of living crisis hitting homes across the UK; regrets the UK Government&#8217;s current plan of reductions in certain benefits and tax rises coupled with rising costs of the UK leaving the EU; is concerned that the UK has the worst levels of poverty and inequality in north west Europe and the highest levels of in-work poverty this century; and calls on the Government to take immediate action with a package of measures to boost incomes and reverse rising poverty, including reinstating the &#163;20 universal credit uplift, introducing a Real Living Wage of at least &#163;10 an hour, introducing an energy payment for low income households, and matching the Scottish Government&#8217;s Scottish Child Payment for families across the UK.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c742.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;to clear the dead bodies away&#8221;?</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c742.3/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;This time last year, the cheapest pasta in my local supermarket&#8230;was 29p for 500g. Today it&#8217;s 70p. That&#8217;s a 141% price increase as it hits the poorest and most vulnerable households.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c771.7/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;rising costs of the UK leaving the EU&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c772.3/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;a hard shutdown of the oil and gas sector&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c779.0/3" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;the price of food&#8230;will go down&#8221;.</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c781.0/4" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Inflation is the most powerful economic predictor of crime.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c785.0/5" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;I am really shocked. I currently have a fixed 12 month tariff and pay &#163;86.55 a month but from end of Jan 2022, they&#8221;&#8212;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c785.0/7" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;have proposed the following deals between &#163;116 and &#163;240 per month. I expected prices to rise and expected &#163;200-300 more a year however based on their new tariffs I am looking at an extra &#163;1000 to &#163;2000 per year.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="indent" pid="c787.0/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;Our social security system is currently ill-suited to protect people from poverty&#8221;.</p>