Foodbanks figures show Universal Credit system failing - Reynolds
Tuesday, 1 December 2020 11:06
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Jonathan Reynolds MP, Labour's Shadow Secretary of State for Work
and Pensions, commenting on new figures from the Trussell Trust
showing that half of all households visiting foodbanks struggled to
afford essential goods because they were repaying Universal Credit
debt, said: "It cannot be right that people are turning to
foodbanks because the Government is taking money from those who can
least afford it. "The Universal Credit system is clearly failing
these families when they...Request free
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