Motion

Motion TitleMinimum Income Guarantee

Motion TextThat this Assembly notes with alarm that people here remain particularly vulnerable to poverty due to lower incomes and limited financial resilience; recognises the harm caused by financial insecurity, with nearly half of adults here holding less than £1,500 in savings; further notes that a majority of people in poverty live in working households, including 64 per cent of children and 60 per cent of working age adults; and calls on the Executive to produce, not later than March 2027, a time-bound and costed plan to deliver a Minimum Income Guarantee by 2030, including through the creation of new a universal payment to mitigate the rising cost of living, increasing the value of basic payments made to families in receipt of means-tested benefits, introducing a permanent cost of disability payment and taking measures locally to end unnecessary delays to vital payments, such as the five-week wait for Universal Credit.

Motion CategoryPrivate Members' Motion

Date Tabled to Business Office10/02/2026