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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Millie Cooke

Starmer’s welfare cuts will see 340,000 more people in poverty than previously predicted, charity warns

The impacts of the government’s welfare cuts are likely to push tens of thousands more people into poverty than previously predicted, a major foodbank charity has warned.

Trussell said 340,000 more people in disabled households could face hunger and hardship by the end of the decade.

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