This Labour Government
Energy bills
Every household is saving £150 on average off their energy bills – and 270,000 lower-income households in the West Midlands are saving £300. Source
National Minimum Wage
280,000 people in the West Midlands on the National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage have had a pay rise worth up to £900 for the NLW and up to £1,500 a year for the NMW. Source
Breakfast Clubs
Families and children in Stratford-on-Avon are benefitting from 2 of Labour’s new free breakfast clubs, putting £450 a year back in parents’ pockets. These are: Salford Priors CofE Academy; Shottery St Andrew’s CofE Primary School. Free breakfast clubs will soon be in every primary school as part of their national roll-out. SourceLocal Authority data
Did you know?
Under the Tories, the number of children in poverty in Stratford-on-Avon went up by 839 since 2014/15. Source
Free school meals
Working parents of children aged between 9 months and four years have a new entitlement to 30 hours a week free childcare, and up to 2,870 Stratford-on-Avon children are now receiving free school meals thanks to the scheme’s expansion from September. Source
State pension
From April, the State Pension has risen by up to £575 this year for 26,138 pensioners in Stratford-on-Avon because of Labour’s commitment to the pension Triple Lock. SourceLocal Authority data
School-based nurseries
Labour is making childcare more accessible and affordable for parents with Best Start school-based nurseries. These new nurseries – including 2 in Stratford-on-Avon – will create over 6,000 more childcare places across England by repurposing empty classrooms. Source
Two-child limit
Overall, 1,280 children in Stratford-on-Avon will benefit from the lifting of the two-child limit. SourceLocal Authority data
Did you know?
Both Reform and the Tories voted against Labour’s new breakfast clubs and against measures to lift children out of poverty. Reform would take money away from 1,280 children in Stratford-on-Avon, meaning poverty would rise in this area. Source