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19.01.2022 - 21:45 / dailyrecord.co.uk
The UK Government has been accused of turning a deaf ear to "stark warnings" over a looming poverty crisis and calls to scrap the benefits cap.
Anti-poverty campaigners this week launched a 'Scrap the Cap' initiative, calling on Downing Street to end the ceiling on state benefits in the face of the rising cost of living.
The campaign comes after a survey of people on low incomes and charity organisations found that the policy is causing widespread harm and hardship.
More than 40 organisations including the Church of Scotland, homeless charity Shelter, and foodbank organisation The Trussell Trust, have backed the move by the Poverty Alliance.
They launched the action after a survey of low income households showed many believe the benefits cap is pushing them into poverty, with the majority of respondents saying that in a normal month, they do not have enough money to cover basic household expenses such as rent, utilities and food.
Households also reported significant impacts on their mental health, as well as being forced into using food banks and borrowing money from friends and family to make ends meets.
And politician Mhairi Black says Renfrewshire residents are also caught in the poverty trap and face having to choose between heating and eating.
Paisley and Renfrewshire South MP Mhairi blasted the government's lack of action amidst rising inflation, saying: "Time after time the UK Government fail to listen to the stark warnings from poverty charities and experts. The reality is that people in Renfrewshire cannot afford food, they cannot afford to heat their homes and they cannot afford to pay their bills and the rent. The benefit cap should have been lifted long ago."
"Millions of people have been dragged into poverty while
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