Government’s silent treatment on Welfare Reform and Work Bill

New blog piece from CPAG’s Josephine Tucker -

Last week the Welfare Reform and Work Bill entered committee stage in the House of Lords. The bill will scrap all the government’s child poverty targets and measures, and make sweeping cuts to social security.

Given the wide-ranging changes it seeks to make, it is surprising – and worrying – that ministers have provided so little detail on how the new measures will work and what the impacts will be on families with children. The government appears to be determined to shut the door on proper scrutiny, push the legislation through parliament with a minimum of debate ...

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