The Dignity Declaration.

Yesterday, Rachel Reeves confirmed Labour’s plans to cut the welfare system – signalling a return to austerity and reaffirming the party’s political choice: to balance the books on the backs of the most vulnerable.

We believe there is an alternative. By taxing the rich and investing in public services, we can build a fairer, greener future – one that works for the many, not the few.

That’s why today Jeremy Corbyn, alongside over 80 progressive political leaders have launched The Dignity Declaration.

We were told it was a “tough” choice to cut the winter fuel allowance for millions of pensioners. The same excuse was used to justify keeping the two-child benefit cap, slashing disability benefits, scrapping the £2 bus fare cap, and betraying the WASPI women. Why do the tough choices always hurt ordinary people, while the richest are let off the hook?

This is set to be the first Labour government in history under which child poverty increases. Labour’s failure has paved the way for Reform. We need an alternative path.

Parroting the rhetoric of Reform UK on migrants, minorities and Muslims just endorses their scapegoating and makes society worse for us all.

The government could lift children out of poverty by scrapping the two-child benefit cap. It could reduce energy and water bills by bringing failing companies into public ownership. It could end homelessness by investing in a massive council-house-building programme. The government claims there is no money to lift people out of poverty, yet it finds billions for war and weapons. Real security isn’t the ability to destroy whole regions of the world or line the pockets of arms dealers. Real security is having a roof over your head, food on your table, and a future for our children.

It urges our country to alter course, invest in a fairer future, and build a society that respects our planet, nurtures hope in our children, and guarantees dignity for all.

If you agree, add your name here.

In solidarity,

Peace & Justice Project

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