But why haven't Labour said they'll reverse all the planned cuts to benefits?
These are the most vulnerable people in society. The Labour Party is meant to be the party for the working classes and the poor, so why not reverse the benefit cuts??
Corbyn is meant to be champion of the working class, bringing a different kind of politics, the great socialist hope! Surely he wants to help the most vulnerable?
Why spend a ton of money scrapping tuition fees, but not reverse the benefit cuts??
"Labour will act immediately to end the worst excesses of the Conservative government’s changes. We will:
• Scrap the punitive sanctions regime
• Scrap the Bedroom Tax
• Reinstate Housing Benefit for under-21s
• Scrap cuts to Bereavement Support Payment."
" Labour will reform and redesign UC, ending six-week delays in payment and the ‘rape clause’."
" Labour will repeal the following cuts in social security support to people with disabilities through a new Social Security Bill published in our first year in office.
We will:
• Increase Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) by £30 per week for those in the work-related activity group, and repeal cuts in the UC limited capacity for work element.
• Increase Carer’s Allowance by £11 to the level of Jobseekers’ Allowance.
• Implement the court decision on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) so that there is real parity of esteem between those with physical and mental-health conditions.
• Scrap the Work Capability and Personal Independence Payment assessments and replace them with a personalised, holistic assessment process that provides each individual with a tailored plan, building on their strengths and addressing barriers. Labour will end the privatisation of
assessments.
• End the pointless stress of reassessments for people with severe long-term conditions.
• Commission a report into expanding the Access to Work programme. We will change the culture of the social security system, from one that demonises people not in work to one that is supportive and enabling."
"We will reverse the cruel decision to abolish housing benefit for 18 to 21-year-olds, which risks putting even more vulnerable young people on our streets."
"We will also take action to tackle the root causes of homelessness, including safeguarding homeless hostels and other supported housing from crude Conservative cuts to housing benefit."
"We will review the legal aid means tests, including the capital test for those on income-related benefits."