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Sarah Arnold is an economic researcher at the New Economics Foundation.
Combined with rising tax, food, and energy bills, this week’s Universal Credit cut will leave low-income families a huge £1,700 per year worse off – it is another sign that poverty is this government’s policy.
This week, Parliament resisted the urge to make Universal Credit recipients more than £1,000 a year worse off in the midst of a pandemic – but the system still leaves millions at or below the poverty line.