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The Cost Of Living Crisis Deepens: It’s Time To Fight Back
The cost of living crisis deepens by the day. Households are being hit with huge increases in electricity and gas costs. Everything is going up except our incomes, pensions and wages. The government’s budget has fallen short and will see thousands pushed further into poverty this winter.
On September 24th thousands took to the streets of Dublin to demand real action on the cost of living crisis. People Before Profit as members of the Cost of Living Coalition will continue to build a people-powered movement to take on the cost of living crisis and demand real action from the government.
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Gino
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Gino Kenny TD alongside other members of the Cost of Living Coalition held public meetings in Lucan and Clondalkin to help organise locally against the rising cost of living.
AUTUMN 2022 � gino.kenny@oireachtas.ie
In July People Before Profit introduced a bill to reduce rents. This would have had a significant impact on people’s lives but it was voted down by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, and the Green Party.
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Lucan 2023 Winter People Before Profit have also published a Bill to provide a cap on energy and fuel prices another tangible way to deal with the cost of living crisis.
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The cost of living crisis deepens by the day. Households are being hit with huge increases in electricity and gas costs. Everything is going up except our incomes, pensions and wages. The government’s budget has fallen short and will see thousands pushed further into poverty this winter.
On September 24th thousands took to the streets of Dublin to demand real action on the cost of living crisis. People Before Profit as members of the Cost of Living Coalition will continue to build a people-powered movement to take on the cost of living crisis and demand real action from the government. Gino Kenny TD other members Households are alongside being hit with huge increases in ofelectricity the Costand of Living Coalition held gas costs. Everything ispublic going up except incomes, pensions meetings in Lucan and and wages. Clondalkin to help organise locally against living. The Government's Budgetthe hasrising fallencost short.ofOne-off measures may give temporary relief, but that is not a solution. Many in our communitya are Inpermanent July People Before Profit introduced bill being to faced with tough choices between heating or eating. reduce rents. This would have had a significant
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Join the Cost of Living Coalition:
● Introduce rent caps and reduce rents to 25% of median income. ● Abolish all fees, charges and contributions for all levels of education. ● Free Childcare
All of these measures are achievable but the Government lacks political will to change. We propose increasing corporation tax and employers PRSI. Introduction of a wealth tax, and a tax on land banks and vacant homes among other targeted tax measures.
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