Britain's welfare system is "unfit for purpose" and in urgent need of reform

• The basic rate of out-of-work benefits is at its lowest for 30 years
• Britain has soaring prices of food
• Britain has soaring prices of rent
• Britain has soaring energy bills
• These are forcing families to choose between basic essentials such as food and heat - Heat or eat
• Growing numbers are being forced into debt and relying on food banks

• Millions more families will struggle to make ends meet amid the dual pressures of the pandemic and the spiralling cost-of-living crisis

• We need rapid reforms to the social security system to protect low-income families from extreme hardship
• We need a fundamental reform of universal credit
• We need a cut to VAT on energy bills
• We need the expansion of the warm home discount scheme

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