‘Catastrophe’: Warning that benefits cut would plunge 200,000 more children into poverty
The IndependentSign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “The UK already faces a child poverty catastrophe, and the government will ruin the lives of many more children unless it takes action,” said Alison Garnham, the charity’s chief executive. CPAG reported one parent saying: “I wake up every morning worrying about where the money is coming from to pay the next gas/electricity bill.” The hint of a U-turn on the promise made earlier this year – after the last rise in benefits fell woefully short of inflation – has provoked a furious cabinet row. But the CPAG analysis found that almost all of the further 200,000 children who would be plunged into poverty under the government’s plan belong to families in which at least one parent is working. Furthermore, a benefits rise of only 5 per cent would mean the poorest households receiving 10 per cent less in social security in real terms than two years ago – the biggest such cut in history.
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