- Chancellor Rachel Reeves' £5 billion cut to the welfare bill will push an estimated 250,000 people into poverty by 2030, including 50,000 children, according to the Government’s own assessment
- The cuts will impact 3.2 million families, with an average annual loss of £1,720.
- Over one million disabled people will lose benefits.
- Reeves defends the cuts, citing a "broken" welfare system and emphasizing the government's "back to work" policy, which is intended to mitigate the impact on poverty.
- The cuts have sparked criticism from within the Labour party, with some MPs vowing to vote against the measures.
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