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‘A system built on debt’: Families plead for reform as universal credit loans drive child poverty

More than 500,000 children are living in families in debt to the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), according to new figures that expose the depth of Britain’s benefits loan crisis. Data obtained by Citizens Advice under freedom of information laws shows that at least 800,000 households on universal credit are having money deducted from […]

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Resolution Foundation: £20bn tax rises needed to stabilise UK finances

The Chancellor should protect workers’ take-home pay while levelling the tax system, including a 2p cut in employee National Insurance (NI) funded by a 2p rise in Income Tax (IT) according to major new research from the Resolution Foundation. The think tank says the shift would raise £6 billion in a Budget expected to require