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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kate Devlin

Benefit cuts ‘will push quarter of a million people into poverty’

  • 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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