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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
David Hughes

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Welfare reforms could push 150 000 into poverty official modelling suggests | History Defined

Around 150,000 people will be pushed into poverty by 2030 as a result of the Government’s welfare cuts despite Sir Keir Starmer being forced into a partial U-turn.

The figure is down from the 250,000 extra people estimated to have been left in relative poverty after housing costs under the original proposals.

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