Benefit cuts to affect 330k UK children
New figures published by the British government reveal that Tories' plans to reduce the benefit cap will affect hundreds of thousands of children from low-income families.
The Conservative government has already unveiled plans to reduce the cap on benefits payments of £26,000 a year per household to £23,000 in London and £20,000 in the rest of the country.
The policy is estimated to cost British families an average of £63 per household each week in it proposed first full year of operation in 2017-18.
According to the government’s own impact assessment, more than 330,000 children from low income families will be affected by the plans to lower the benefit cap.
The policy will mean that approximately £300 million will be taken from affected families.
Critics of the plans say the impact on many families will be drastic. Research by the Citizens Advice found that larger families would be facing receiving between £100 and £200 less a week leading to problems, ranging from food poverty, inability to pay rent and ultimately face eviction.
“The government’s own analysis shows the majority of households affected by the benefit cap are lone-parent households and the main victims are children they’re nearly seven times more likely to be hit by it than adults,” said Imran Hussais, the director of policy at Child Poverty Action Group.
The number of families made homeless will also rise with charities saying it is difficult to see how many will be made homeless. A leaked memo from the Department for Work and Pensions said that the plans would mean that 40,000 more children would be pushed into poverty as a result of the changes.
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