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Reeves faces Labour revolt as benefits blitz to plunge 250k including 50k kids into poverty

UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced welfare changes that may push 50,000 children into poverty, which she disputes, stating, "I don't accept the numbers from the impact assessment because they are based on no changes in behaviour."
The Resolution Foundation stated that low-income families would lose out financially due to Reeves' policies, contradicting her claim that households would be £500 better off.
Over 320,000 people in absolute poverty are expected to miss out on winter fuel payments as the government scraps the universal scheme, impacting vulnerable populations like pensioners.
Charities, including Age UK and National Energy Action, have warned that cutting winter fuel payments has severely affected vulnerable groups.

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First minister grilled about £4.8bn benefit cuts

Senedd members have pressed Wales’ first minister about the Labour UK Government's plans to slash spending on welfare by £4.8 billion a year by the end of the decade.

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DWP warned 1.2m in poverty would lose winter fuel payment – but made cuts anyway

The Government estimated over a million people in already impoverished households would lose out on the winter fuel allowance if it was means-tested – before going ahead with the policy.Chancellor Rachel Reeves decided to scrap universal winter fuel payments in July, saving £1.4bn a year as the Labour Government sought to plug a hole in the public finances.The move meant only the poorest pensioners in receipt of pension credit or other means-tes…

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