Stephen Tall

Lib Dems pledge to lift 5 million out of poverty

By | Fri 27th July 2007 - 9:34 am

This from BBC Online:

The Liberal Democrats have unveiled plans which they say would lift five million people out of “relative poverty” and end “dependency culture”. The party plans to introduce incentives for working, saving and studying. It also says it wants to remove higher earners from the Tax Credits system and cut the number claiming means-tested benefits by 10 million by 2020.

There’s some more detail over at the ePolitix website, here – but nothing yet on the party’s website: will update when there is.

Update: the party press release, with further details of the proposals, is here.

Update 2: the full policy paper is here.

Read more by .
This entry was posted in News.
Advert

Post a Comment

Lib Dem Voice welcomes comments from everyone but we ask you to be polite, to be on topic and to be who you say you are. You can read our comments policy in full here. Please respect it and all readers of the site.

To have your photo next to your comment please signup your email address with Gravatar.

Your email is never published. Required fields are marked *

*
*
Please complete the name of this site, Liberal Democrat ...?

Advert

Recent Comments

  • Chloe
    It seems many on this thread live in a post fact world. Comparing the two papers it's blindingly obvious - add to that the outlandish claims of the personal exp...
  • David Raw
    What is the party doing to improve it's showing outside 'Middle England' ? 1.6% in Cumbria, 3% in Nottingham, and 2.1% in South Yorkshire sends a message the p...
  • David Allen
    "@ David Allen …………………… Oh, dear, yet another example of how the Lib Dem Party has swung to the right" Just in case you've missed it, Mr Raw,...
  • Simon Robinson
    @Mick: I also have a PhD so I have a pretty good idea what studying for one involves and I agree with @FS People. I think the thing you're missing is that there...
  • Jeff
    Judy Abel 16th Aug '26 - 3:51pm: I am sorry but while privatisation may not automatically lead to poor water quality it certainly has in the UK. ...