BASW issues 'call to action' for anti-poverty campaign

BASW is asking members to write to the Chancellor and their MP calling for urgent action to tackle the cost-of-living crisis.

The Chancellor will deliver his Spring Budget on 15th March, which will announcing spending and taxation plans for the year ahead.

BASW UK has already written to the Treasury urging the Chancellor to:

1. Extend the debt breathing space to 180 days

2. Freeze evictions during the cost of living crisis to prevent further homelessness

3. Scrap the two-child cap on benefits 

BASW UK and SWU have also joined the "Together Against This Crisis" campaign coalition demanding urgent action from the UK Government to address findings that 1 in 4 people across the UK are struggling to afford essential items each month. 

BASW is therefore asking members to help amplify social work's voice against poverty, inequality and the catastrophic cost-of-living crisis the country is facing.

How can you help?

Copy and paste this template into an email, include your name and address, and email it to CEU.Enquiries@hmtreasury.gov.uk

Once you’ve done that, consider also sending this letter to your own MP. Copy and paste the template, insert your name and address (as they want to make sure you’re a constituent of theirs). Find your MP and their email address here.

If you get a reply from your MP or the Chancellor, please forward it to kerri.prince@basw.co.uk so that we can keep track of which MPs are supporting our asks.