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Daily Record
Daily Record
Politics
Paul Hutcheon

Tory Government urged to scrap 'unjust' benefits cap by anti-poverty campaigners

Anti-poverty champions have launched a campaign demanding the Tory Government scrap their “unjust” benefits cap.

Nearly 50 groups led by the Poverty Alliance believe the David Cameron -era policy hits lone parents and ethnic minorities the hardest.

The cap was introduced in 2013 amid claims by the Conservatives that welfare payments for the poor were too generous.

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