A Freedom of Information request by CPAG also revealed new information that the Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill will push 200,000 children into absolute poverty and that the Government failed to make any assessment of the impact of the bill on material deprivation of children and the persistent poverty of children.
Members of the House of Lords are voting today on whether to exempt children’s benefits from the one per cent uprating cap.
Imran Hussain, head of policy at CPAG, said, ‘These alarming figures reveal that not only are the poorest families in the country being left behind compared to everyone else, but also that their living standards are going into reverse as they struggle to absorb the impact of wave after wave of policy decisions that hit families with children the hardest.
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