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...
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...
Today’s Budget statement hides the Tories’ plans for deeper and more painful cuts if David Cameron is allowed back into Downing Street, Emma has said. The Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne today made his annual Budget statement in Parliament. But the...
Emma today (26 February) warned that the Government may fall short on its pledge to stop workers being ripped off by firms which use loopholes in employment law to reduce the take home pay of their workers by hundreds of pounds each month. Following pressure from...
This week Emma joined Labour’s Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls to call for tough action to stop tax avoidance. Tax loopholes cost the UK billions of pounds each year in unpaid tax, but the Government has failed to get to grips with the problem. Under David Cameron...
