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Nearly 250,000 parents fear being unable to feed their children if UC cut goes ahead
Kitchen staff at a pub preparing free packed lunches for kids in October 2020

NEARLY a quarter of a million parents on universal credit (UC) fear not being able to properly feed their children if cuts to the benefit goes ahead, according to a new report.

The Trussell Trust report called on the government to keep the weekly £20 rise, issued during the pandemic, which is due to end in April, warning that cutting it would have alarming consequences.

About 40 per cent of people claiming UC, representing more than 2.4 million people across Britain, fear they will be very likely to cut back on food for themselves if the planned cut goes ahead, the foodbank charity’s research found.

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