Mothers At Home Matter Conference 2023
The 2023 MAHM hybrid annual conference was highly successful with nearly 170 tickets sold, both to attend in-person and online – the most so far for any MAHM conference. Sally Greenhill reports back on the day.
Tax Reforms Needed
Reform of the tax system is needed to help ‘hard-working families’, writes Mothers At Home Matter’s chair, Anne Fennell. Families are struggling. They face an unprecedented rise in fuel and energy costs in the realm of £2k a year but do not have the means of meeting this. Many of the problems families face arise from a tax system which far from helping them does not even recognise them and whilst it elevates the individual it creates the problems which will see families pushed further into poverty.
Treasury Select Committee
MAHM’s contribution to the Treasury Select Committee’s ‘Tax after Coronavirus’ inquiry presented evidence to address the question: ‘Which areas of the tax system are most in need of reform?’
We focused specifically on income tax emphasising the pressing need for a fairer family taxation system. Our system of independent taxation is not fit for purpose for taxing families; it causes unfairness, injustice and even harm.
Early Years Commission
We were invited to submit our research evidence to the independent, cross-party Early Years Commission to build a consensus on the future of early years policy.
They stated that they would ‘draw on evidence’ but their focus was ‘on establishing consensus’ on existing proposed solutions. Our submission challenged current orthodoxy by stating that the optimum carer for a young child is its mother.