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BENEFITS CHAOS LEAVES FAMILIES AT RISK

“It’s easy to forget how much every pound counts to someone who doesn’t have any other access to money.”

Yorkshire resident Morgan, 22, is one of six million people set to lose £20 a week – £1,040 per year – if the temporary increase to Universal Credit payments are cut in April. And that is what will happen, unless the government changes its plans.

After months of campaigning by anti-poverty experts, Labour forced a non-binding

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