Weekly Round-Up
This week saw the formal end of this parliamentary session, with Parliament now being prorogued until the Queen’s Speech on May 10th.
We once again saw that the government are more preoccupied with their own internal strife and have no plan to fix the cost-of-living crisis, offering precious little support to families in Enfield North and across the UK.
Pay packets today have been squeezed even tighter by the Tories, who have hit working people with 15 tax rises in two years.
Next week’s local elections are your chance to show the Tories that we deserve better.
Local authorities are the first line of defence against this government, so if you want to send Boris Johnson and co a message that enough is enough, then make sure you vote Labour next Thursday.
Labour’s Call for an Emergency Budget
With new economic forecasts raising concerns about the already spiralling cost of living, and the UK expected to see the lowest growth and the highest inflation in the G7 next year, Labour is demanding action.
Families have already been hit with record rises in energy prices, record high petrol prices and staggeringly steep hikes in the cost of food and other essentials.
The Office for Budget Responsibility predicts a further 40% rise in the energy price cap in October, potentially adding hundreds more pounds to household energy bills.
Keir Starmer has called for the emergency budget to prioritise the measures that could be enacted now to make a material difference to the millions of pensioners and working people feeling the crunch from the crisis.
Whether it be tackling rising bills, supporting businesses, or stopping the billions in taxpayer’s money lost to fraud - Labour has a plan, and the Tories have nothing but bluff and bluster.
Abolishing Non-Dom status
As part of a major review into tax breaks, Labour have concluded that the non-dom rules are no longer fit for purpose because the rules are unfair, with some people able to avoid paying UK tax on some of their global income while the vast majority of people in the UK do have to pay tax on that income.
As the Conservatives hike taxes on working people, Labour vows to crack down on non-doms, with Shadow Chancellor Rachel Reeves announcing this week that Labour will abolish non-dom status.
This announcement sends a clear message from Labour: if you make your home in Britain you should pay tax here - on all of your income.
This is in stark contrast to the Conservatives, who time and again have chosen to put the burden of tax onto working people rather than asking those with the broadest shoulders to pay their fair share.
Fan-led review of football governance
This week we had the positive news that the government intend to bring forward the urgently needed independent regulator for English football, as called for by the fan-led review.
However, as is so often the case, the government have not gone far enough, only announcing a consultation this summer rather than bring forward legislation in the upcoming Queen’s speech.
I look forward to continuing to work with Enfield Town FC and other local clubs, who will be vital in ensuring the future of grassroots football in our community, to ensure the government hears their voices loud and clear.