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We have teamed up with The Herald and 22 other charities to urge decisive action from the First Minister to tackle child poverty. Increasing the Scottish Child Payment to £40 a week would be life-changing for families on the lowest incomes.

UK could save billions by ending hunger – not slashing benefits bigissue.com/news/social-ju…

The cost of hunger and hardship 🧑‍💼harms people's chances of finding or keeping work Cost to the economy = £38 billion a year 💚 damages people's health, education and housing security Cost to public services = £13.7 billion a year 📉 worsens future employment and wages

Failing to tackle hunger is costing the UK government over £75bn every year. Cutting disability benefits will only make this worse & push more people into hardship. Trussell’s research shows that the right thing to do is also common sense for our economy & public finances

Poverty inaction costs the Scottish economy billions every year. We exclusively reveal the figures 👇 heraldscotland.com/news/25125554.… Rebecca McCurdy

The majority of Labour seats at risk from Reform at the next general election have the highest rates of people living on disability benefits, according to new Trussell research The analysis comes as the government prepares to tighten PIP rules politicshome.com/news/article/l…

A quick thread on how planned cuts to disability benefits will affect voters in Labour-Reform battlegrounds. (1/4)

As MPs prepare to vote on cruel cuts to disabled people’s social security payments, Trussell's new analysis finds that 6 in 10 at-risk Labour seats have the highest rates of people surviving on them... politicshome.com/news/article/l…

Amazing news! bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

'The Tory Plan for Growth? Cut welfare and fuel poverty in the name of 'fiscal responsibility'' buff.ly/2zC5NUi

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*Good news klaxon* Not in Chancellor's #SpendingReview speech, confirmed in full paper: £1 billion a year for new Crisis and Resilience Fund to replace HSF Trussell has done a *lot* on this over the years - here's why this wonky sounding thing matters for food banks: 🧵1/5

🚨 NEW: The full list of the 108 Labour MPs who have signed the reasoned amendment to the welfare reform Bill in an attempt to block it completely It marks one of the biggest rebellions against the Government so far, with the Bill’s first vote due next week

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❗ Today, MPs will vote on whether to make record cuts to disabled people's social security. The scale of the remaining cuts will be devastating and risk pushing more disabled people to food banks. MPs must vote NO to disability cuts.

This message is for Keir Starmer. Almost 1.7 million children are missing out on the support they need because of the 2-child limit. We urge the UK Govt to scrap the 2-child limit, to prevent children being denied the childhood they deserve. Write to your MP:

New analysis from The Centre for Social Justice today is certainly eye-catching but how much does it reflect what happens for people claiming social security payments and the people who Trussell support? 🧵

This paints a unrealistic picture of the experience of the majority of people on UC. The reality is far harsher, Trussell data shows that the majority of people in on UC have to cut back on food, clothing, toiletries and other essentials. jrf.org.uk/social-securit…

The last time we saw this kind of rhetoric pushed was the 2010s. It enabled decimation of social security support & many public & community services. What happened? - Destitution shot up - Food bank need exploded - Healthy life expectancy fell. Please don't take us there again