Holiday Hardship: Austerity Cuts Hit Poor UK Children Whose Families Rely on Benefits
NOVANEWS
By Gabrielle Pickard-Whitehead
More than 300,000 children living in low-income households in Britain are set to plunge further into poverty thanks to a controversial austerity measure introduced earlier this month by the Conservative government.
On November 7, a cap on benefits began to be rolled out nationwide, significantly reducing the total amount in benefit money people out of work can receive. New research from the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) reveals that many UK families will lose more than £100 ($124) a week from the controversial household limit benefit cap that came into force this month.
The CIH is now urging the government to reconsider lowering the household limit on benefit payments or be left with a disturbing rise in poverty and even homelessnes...