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FAMILIES were facing the loss of thousands of pounds of support every year yesterday after Prime Minister David Cameron committed to slashing in-work benefits.
More than 3.2 million families depend on child tax credits and working tax credits to top up their poverty pay, with the average family, working at least 24 hours per week, receiving £123.90 per week or £6,443 per year.
GMB general secretary Paul Kenny said the sums “may be the cost of a large brandy for Cameron but they are bread and butter for many working families.”
We cannot refuse to abolish the unjustifiable two-child benefit cap that pushes children into poverty while finding billions of pounds for defence spending — the membership and the public expect better from Labour, writes JON TRICKETT MP
In the current climate, it is vital to bust the myths and put forward the case for a humane and decent social security system that supports people, argues FRAN HEATHCOTE
RICHARD BURGON MP points to the recent relative success of widespread opposition to the Labour leadership’s regressive policies as the blueprint for exacting the changes required to build a fairer society