Cost of living Archives - Emma Lewell MP

Emma tears into Chancellor over tax credit cuts

Oct 27, 2015 | Homepage, Newsroom

Emma has demanded that George Osborne withdraw his plans to cut tax credits, saying the Chancellor’s plans would be devastating for thousands of working families in Shields, and would push children into poverty. Emma raised the issue at Treasury Questions, following...

Emma opposes Tory plans to cut £1,300 of help for working families

Oct 16, 2015 | Newsroom

Emma has united with Labour MPs to oppose the Tories’ plans to cut tax credits for working families, a move which it has been warned will cost some households £1,300 a year. The cuts, announced in George Osborne’s Budget earlier this year, slash the support made...

Emma challenges David Cameron over Budget

Jul 15, 2015 | Newsroom

Today Emma challenged the Prime Minister to defend measures that would leave working families on low incomes thousands of pounds worse off. Emma told David Cameron how a home carer in her constituent, Kylie Strasenburgh, would lose far more from cuts to tax credits...

Chancellor’s con trick Budget hides pain for working families, Emma warns

Jul 10, 2015 | Newsroom

Emma has warned that many families’ bottom line will be hit hard as a result of changes announced in George Osborne’s Budget on Wednesday (8th July). Changes to tax credits and child benefits will affect more than 3 million working families. A family with one earner...

Chancellor ignoring the pain austerity has caused in Shields, says Emma

Mar 24, 2015 | Newsroom

Emma has accused George Osborne of ignoring the hardship his Government’s economic policies have caused in South Shields. In Monday’s debate on the recent Budget, Emma told the House that the Chancellor’s claim that living standards were rising in Britain showed that...