At the London Assembly Plenary meeting last week, the Conservative Group rejected Labour motions condemning the Cost of Living crisis and failed to support our calls to implement the Living Wage Foundation’s recommended wage level, stop the National Insurance tax rise, provide universal free school meals and stop the cuts to Universal Credit.
Even more bizarrely, they justified low and middle income earners being unfairly impacted by the Government’s policies by saying the wealthy are paying more tax than ever before.
If taxes are to rise is it right to have those with the most means protected and make the lowest paid suffer?