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Anjum Klair is a policy officer at the Trades Union Congress (TUC) researching the labour market and social security.
As the cost of living crisis bites, the failings of Universal Credit – low rates and complicated fluctuating payments among them – are redoubling the misery for millions. It’s time to replace it with a benefits system that works.
Child poverty in working households rose by 800,000 since 2010 – with over 60% directly attributable to government policies. The free school meals vote is just the latest chapter in a Tory war on Britain’s children.