Agenda item

Motion by Councillor R B Parker

It was moved and seconded as follows:

This council notes that

• The 'uplift' to Universal Credit of £20 a week (£86.67 a month) is scheduled to end on 6 October 2021.
• The latest figures show that 5.9 million people in the United Kingdom receive Universal Credit, up from 3 million before the Covid pandemic.
• Nationally, the withdrawal of the 'uplift' will affect six in every ten single parent families and that 40% of people who depend on Universal Credit are in work.
• Here in Lincolnshire, there were 33,414 Universal Credit claimants in February 2020 (before the Covid outbreak) but by July 2021 there were 65,081 claimants; an increase of 95%.

I therefore move that:

This council calls on the Leader of the Council to write to the Prime Minister urging that the £20 a week Universal Credit uplift be maintained in the short term and until such time as the number of people eligible for the benefit is substantially reduced.

Upon being put to the vote, the motion was lost.

Motion by Councillor R Cleaver

It was moved and seconded as follows:

For many of our urban and village residents road safety and speeding through villages is the biggest concern. Seventy per cent of people think that 20 mph is plenty for residential areas. This is already in place in many areas up and down the country. 21m already live in a 20mph limit, but not in Lincolnshire. We recognise enforcement is not currently possible, but it does make the message clear to all and is seen by many residents as an important part in the armoury towards better road safety in built-up areas.

I therefore move that:

This Council calls on the Leader of Council to write to the Government calling for the power to make mandatory enforceable 20mph speed limits in residential or congested areas where they are needed.

This Council agrees to assess and appropriately support communities who want to design and put in place a twenty’s plenty campaign and adjust the Council’s Speed Policy accordingly.

An amendment was proposed and seconded as below:

This Council agrees to refer to the Council's Highways and Transport Scrutiny Committee consideration of the Council's Speed Limit Policies in relation to the use of 20mph speed limits and how the Council can assess and appropriately support communities who want to design and put in place a twenty's plenty campaign and propose any changes to the Council's Speed Limit Policies accordingly.

The mover of the motion accepted this amendment and it became the substantive motion.  Upon being put to the vote, the motion was carried.

RESOLVED

This Council agrees to refer to the Council's Highways and Transport Scrutiny Committee consideration of the Council's Speed Limit Policies in relation to the use of 20mph speed limits and how the Council can assess and appropriately support communities who want to design and put in place a twenty's plenty campaign and propose any changes to the Council's Speed Limit Policies accordingly.