Around 150,000 people will be pushed into poverty by the end of this decade as a result of the Labour government’s planned welfare cuts, despite Sir Keir Starmer having made a partial U-turn over the measures.
The UK prime minister last week jettisoned key elements of the package of cuts to disability benefits to try to defuse a looming rebellion of Labour MPs.
Those original proposals would have pushed 250,000 people into poverty by 2030, according to modelling by the Department for Work and Pensions.
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