With IPPR and IFoA for their panel on the cost of living crisis and the disproportionate impact of the poverty premium. #LabourConference2022

Some thoughts from the session 🧵🧵🧵🧵

“Poverty makes your poorer. When we talk about poverty, yes it’s about the welfare system, but it’s also about your ability to take part in society more generally.” Jonathan Ashworth

“The problem is we’re asking amoral markets to make moral decisions. This can’t be happening when it comes to essential services like energy and insurance.” Martin Coppack

Both @EmmaHardyMP and Martin Coppack mention the social tariff as a solution to the poverty premium and energy bills. Here is some more reading from The New Statesman and carl packman on the issue. newstatesman.com/spotlight/ener…