Action for Children responds to the Spring Statement

Director of Policy and Campaigns at Action for Children, Imran Hussain, said:

“Every day we help ordinary families who are struggling with the absolute basics. The announcements made today by the Chancellor will do relatively little to ease the financial pain these families are grappling with now and in the months ahead. Better off families will be the big winners from the tax cuts, not those who need help the most.

“Millions of families, still reeling from having had their Universal Credit entitlement reduced by £20 a week, are struggling with a devastating rise in energy bills and soaring inflation.

“Right now, low-income families with children are paying a high price for the Government’s poorly targeted cost of living response. We urge ministers to look again to ensure the value of benefits are protected from inflation which will continue to rise and that extra help is targeted on children in low-income families through Universal Credit.”

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