Year: 2023

Nominating section: Merseyside

 

Policy text

Conference recognises the prohibitive legislation that governs the amount of savings a person with disabilities can hold before being rendered ineligible for Universal Credit or other benefits.

Conference also notes that should a person with disabilities enter into a cohabiting relationship and that couples’ joint income or savings breach the financial threshold, then the person with disabilities would automatically become ineligible for Universal Credit or other benefits.

Conference condemns this legislation and calls for the Executive Council to undertake the following;

    • support the campaign to ‘Allow disabled people to keep all their benefits if they move in with a partner’
    • encourage all Members to sign and share the petition to ‘Allow disabled people to keep all their benefits if they move in with a partner’
    • support the social media campaign #RightToLove