Iain Porter

Something’s not right when 1 in 5 people receiving Universal Credit and disability support have needed a food bank in the last month… Our social security system should provide just that - security. 💚

📊Today we published the latest version of our Cost of Living tracker. The survey gathered data from 4,000 families in the bottom 40% of incomes in the six months to May 2025. Hear some of the key findings from JRF Economist Maudie Johnson-Hunter 🔽

Over 1.6m children are now impacted by the Two-Child Limit - 11.6% of all children This is a cruel policy that unnecessarily drags children into hardship It needs to go, and the longer it is kept, the greater the scarring effects on children's health and education will be

This is nonsense. The impact assessment starts from an imaginary baseline incorporating reforms planned but never implemented by the previous government In the real world, the cuts remaining in the Bill will push around 50,000 disabled people into poverty theguardian.com/society/2025/j…

Despite pausing plans to cut PIP, the government is continuing with devastating cuts to Universal Credit ✂️ This will still plunge many more disabled people into poverty. We urge the government to withdraw the bill. And co-produce reforms with disabled people.

✂ The Universal Credit (UC) and PIP Bill no longer includes PIP. And it's thanks to all who united against cuts to disability benefits. But it's not over yet. Cuts to UC will still plunge disabled people into poverty. We can't accept that. We won't. And neither should you ❌

Today MPs will vote on the amended welfare bill. MPs who choose to walk through the lobby and support this bill are paving the way for at least 150,000 people to be pulled into poverty. Here are just 3 reasons why they should oppose this bill from @KatieSchmuecker 🔽

NEW: Last night 86 charities came together to stand with disabled people and their organisations in calling for MPs to vote against the UC & PIP Bill proceeding 👇

The updated poverty impact assessment for the disability benefits cuts once again offsets the impact of not proceeding with the previous government's proposed plans The impact of actual changes happening in the real world is likely to be closer to 250k people pushed into poverty