Labour’s reforms to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) will see 250,000 people, including 50,000 children, plunged into relative poverty, according to the Government’s own figures.
A DWP report into the impact of benefit cuts, including to Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment (PIP), comes shortly after Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s Spring Statement this afternoon.
The report reveals up to 3.2million families could lose financial support as a consequence of the drastic changes to the DWP, spearheaded by Work and Pensions Secretary Liz Kendall.
As part of the cuts, which including restricting eligibility to disability PIP benefits, the DWP found, 370,000 Britons will lose support with the average loss of £4,500-per-year.
Families are expected to be worse-off as the DWP reforms
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It states: “We estimate there will be an additional 250,000 people (including 50,000 children) in relative poverty after housing costs in 2029/30 as a result of modelled changes to social security, compared to the baseline projections.”
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