Chancellor Rachel Reeves is facing backlash from Jeremy Corbyn and welfare advocates due to plans for extensive cuts to the welfare budget as living costs rise. Critics, including Corbyn, argue that these cuts will deepen poverty for the most vulnerable. He highlighted the government's neglect of low-income families while maintaining military spending. Charities like Barnardo's stress the urgent need to protect vulnerable families, reflecting concerns that welfare reductions risk pushing more people into poverty at a time when many already struggle to make ends meet.
The Government only cites 'difficult choices' when they are harming the most vulnerable people in society. There's never money for the poor, but always enough for war.
It's vital that any changes to the welfare budget do not risk tipping even more families below the poverty line, especially as 4.3 million children currently live in poverty.
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