LABOUR PARTY COUNCILLORS SHOULD URGE GOVERNMENT COLLEAGUES TO REJECT PLANS TO TAX CHILD BENEFIT - KERINS

LABOUR PARTY COUNCILLORS SHOULD URGE GOVERNMENT COLLEAGUES TO REJECT PLANS TO TAX CHILD BENEFIT - KERINS Sinn Féin councillor Fiona Kerins is calling on Labour Party representatives on Cork City Council to stand up to their colleagues in Government on plans to tax or introduce a two tier system for child benefit. Cllr. Kerins’ comments come falling leaks from an expert group report advising that child benefit that child benefit should be taxed. Cllr.Kerins said: “The Labour Party members of Cork City Council must realise that any such plan would be too much for parents to bear. I am calling on them to write to their colleagues in Government urging them to reject these proposals." “It is just not acceptable. The Labour Party promised to protect child benefit at the last general election. However, we have seen child benefit consistently targeted since Eamon Gilmore led them into coalition with Fine Fael." “Child benefit payment is an essential element of most family budgets and they could not survive without it. Families cannot afford any more cuts than what has already been placed upon them by this Fine Gael/Labour government.” “It is time for local Labour Party councillors to stop acting as apologists for their colleagues in Government and acknowledge the fact the policies that they are implementing disproportionately affect ordinary working families and the most vulnerable.” ENDS For further information please contact Cllr.Fiona Kerins on 0851091758