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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Dave Burke

Benefit deductions forcing cash-strapped families to food banks, report finds

Benefit deductions are driving cash-strapped families to food banks, a report into the cost of living crisis warns.

A cross-party panel of MPs has called on the government to pause automatic payments until soaring inflation is back under control.

The document, published today, also calls on ministers to review and increase the benefit cap - which has been frozen since it was lowered back in 2016.

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