More than 3m UK families to lose out from benefits cuts
by Kiran Stacey and Patrick Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#6W6AK)
Families affected forecast to lose an average of 1,720 a year, according to official government analysis
More than 3 million families will lose out as a result of the government's sweeping cuts to welfare, according to the official analysis, with an extra 250,000 people falling into relative poverty by 2029-30.
The official assessment of the impact of the benefits cuts - including a sharper-than-expected cut to universal credit payments - shows those eligible for disability payments will be hit the hardest. As a result the number of people living in relative poverty will rise to nearly 14.5 million, including an extra 50,000 children.
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