Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2011-11-15-Speech-2-044-000"
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"Madam President, at last a debate on poverty. As politicians chase middle-class votes, we should remind ourselves that middle-income voters do not want to live in a society where other people suffer from hunger, homelessness and destitution.
I congratulate the Commissioner on his approach, but I tell him that I do not want a Europe which introduces tough sanctions for breaching eurozone rules but none for breaching anti-poverty targets. I do not want a Britain where the Institute of Fiscal Studies says that child poverty – which Labour was committed to eliminating – will rise again to 3 million children; a Britain where 280 000 disabled people are losing support to be able to work and 80 000 disabled people losing welfare benefits which even allow them to leave their homes; or a Britain which yesterday saw confirmation of the closure of 124 Sure Start centres which had been specifically targeted to help poorer families and which we were promised would stay open.
I do feel proud to represent East Anglia where one local newspaper, the
is backing the Surviving Winter campaign with the NGO
to highlight that more than 60 000 households in Norfolk alone do not have enough means to adequately heat their homes. No one welcomes the 20% rise in fuel bills, but today we should speak for those who are praying that we avoid a cold winter because the alternative is one of misery, penury and, tragically for some, death."@en1
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