Rwyf wedi galw ar Lywodraeth y DU i gymryd camau ymarferol pellach i wneud gwahaniaeth gwirioneddol i’r rheini sy’n dioddef waethaf. Er bod y Canghellor wedi datgan terfyn ar y ‘gosb ragdalu’, dylai fynd ymhellach yn ei Gyllideb drwy geisio diddymu taliadau sefydlog ar fesuryddion rhagdalu yn ogystal â chynyddu cyfraddau’r Lwfans Tai Lleol a chyllid ar gyfer Taliadau Disgresiwn ar Gostau Tai, a darparu cymorth ar gyfer undebau credyd. Ochr yn ochr â’r camau hyn, dylai Llywodraeth y DU weithredu taliad untro ychwanegol ar gyfer pawb sy’n derbyn budd-daliadau sy’n dibynnu ar brawf modd er mwyn lliniaru yn erbyn costau sy’n cynyddu’n barhaus. Dylai hefyd ddiddymu’r cap ar fudd-daliadau a’r terfyn dau blentyn yn ogystal â gwneud newidiadau i’r polisi ar ddidyniadau’r Credyd Cynhwysol er mwyn lleddfu’r pwysau ar yr aelwydydd hynny sydd yn y perygl ariannol mwyaf.
I have called on the UK Government to take further practical actions to make a real difference to those hit hardest. While the Chancellor has announced an end to the ‘prepayment penalty’, he should go further in his Budget by seeking to abolish standing charges on pre-payment meters, as well as increasing Local Housing Allowance rates and funding for Discretionary Housing Payments, and providing support for credit unions.. Alongside these actions, the UK Government should implement an additional one-off payment for all people on means tested benefits to provide relief against continued rising prices. It should also abolish the Benefit Cap and Two Child Limit as well as making changes to the Universal Credit deduction policy, to ease pressures on the most financially vulnerable households.