Helping Hard Working People and Protecting Pensioners in Leeds
There’s a lot of noise on the economy but it’s the Conservative Party that has taken action to support people struggling to pay their bills. We are committed to:
£94 billion cost of living support package This will help millions, including extra support for the most vulnerable: low-income households, pensioners and disabled people
Energy Price Guarantee Extending the Energy Price Guarantee at the current level until the end of June 2023 and keeping the Guarantee in place until 2024, helping every household – by keeping typical household bills to £2,500
National Insurance Contributions cut Putting more money in your pocket by cutting NICs by 1.25% – saving 27.8 million an average of £330 in 2023-24.
£1,600 hike in the National Living Wage The largest increase in history – more than 2 million low paid workers will benefit from a new hourly rate of £10.42.
Protection of the Pensions Triple Lock Delivering the security pensioners deserve, the State Pension increased by 10.1% in April – the biggest cash increase in the State Pension ever.