evidence: The SDLP has made tackling cost of living pressures the number-one priority in its Stormont Assembly election manifesto. [...] An emergency payment of at least £200 for every household to ease cost of living pressures and support worth up to £1,200 for the hardest-hit families are among the SDLP's manifesto proposals. [...] They also want to explore the potential of reintroducing the £20 Universal Credit uplift removed by the UK government last year.