Benefit cuts will push more people into poverty, warns Citizens Advice boss

Exclusive: Clare Moriarty hits out at Labour's plan as short-term action' with long-term consequences' in rare intervention

Cutting benefits for disabled people will push more people into poverty and make it harder for them to get into work, the chief executive of Citizens Advice (CAB) has warned.

In a rare intervention, Clare Moriarty criticised the Labour government's proposals as a short-term action which has very serious long-term consequences" that risk leaving an intergenerational effect.