Response to the Prime Minister’s speech on welfare reform

Responding to the Prime Minister’s speech on welfare reform, CPAG Chief Executive Alison Garnham said:

“The Prime Minister must know he can’t scare people into good health, but his words this morning will be chilling for low income families up and down the country who rely on our social security system for help.

 

His government needs to address the reasons people can’t go to work – like poor health – rather than make life harder for those who are struggling.

 

PM should focus on delivering investment in the NHS, improving employment support and providing social security for everyone who needs it, including the record number of children currently living in poverty.”

Notes to editor

4.3 million children in the UK live in poverty and 34 per cent of children who live in a household where a person has a disability are living in poverty – see CPAG website

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