Apsana Begum MP: Punitive Welfare Policies and Austerity have Driven the Poverty Crisis for Years

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Apsana Begum MP: Punitive Welfare Policies and Austerity have Driven the Poverty Crisis for Years

“Punitive welfare policies, including the introduction of Universal Credit, the benefit cap and the two-child limit, have been horrendously cruel and actively harmful.” Apsana Begum MP By Apsana Begum MP The Joseph Rowntree Trust’s latest poverty report published this month is a harrowing read. It is shattering that child poverty is on course to increase in most of the UK by the end of this Parliament. This is disastrous news for my local area, …