The Socialist Group will be presented in Parliament next week a motion in which he asked to direct a number of families are faring worse in the municipality of Murcia to meet their basic needs assistance to expand.
Specifically, the initiative will defend Councilwoman Susan Hernandez will emphasize an increase of 300,000 euros on the line to meet the needs of school meals and support to prevent evictions for unpaid rent and those who can not cope receipts of light, water or gas.
This item of 300,000 euros was included in one of the amendments to the Municipal Socialist Group joined the draft budget of the City of Murcia this year, which will allow, among other things, expand the chapter on social policy.
According to the socialist mayor, "with this increase in direct aid to families are faring worse in our town got resolve situations that have been exacerbated in recent years, as hundreds of children who have not been available scholarships Dining by the cuts made by the Popular Party in such basic issues at the worst times. "
Susana Hernandez recalled that between 29.2 and 44.9 percent of Murcia and Murcia are experiencing poverty and social exclusion, a percentage that has grown steadily in recent years.
"And what is worse, as recognized by the experts themselves in Social Services, the analysis reflect a progressive deterioration of a situation in which the decline in income, deprivation of basic services and job insecurity does not indicate an improvement immediate ".
For the Socialist Group, this initiative to increase direct payments in Social Policy aims to address the situation faced by those under 16, and single-parent households with dependent children irrigation concentrated poverty and social exclusion.
Source: PSOE Murcia