Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor David Rendel (Liberal Democrat), on Thursday, 24 June 1999, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 27 members in total.

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GOVERNMENT POLICY ON WIDOWS

That this House expresses its concern that widows are worse off under this Government; notes that the Government is continuing to implement policies which will increase means testing, remove income from widows only six months after bereavement, and increase their tax bill; further notes that the cumulative effect of the Government's policies combines to remove over half a billion pounds from widows; welcomes the attempt to provide equality within the system for widowers but notes that this could have been introduced on a cost neutral basis.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

757 

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Social security benefits Widowed people

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk