Independent charity The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) is warning that nine million families who receive benefits such as Universal Credit will be £500 a year worse off on average.
The charity warns that failure to act would make the Government responsible for a second cut to benefits in less than six months, following the loss of the Universal Credit £20-a-week coronavirus top-up last October.
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