Conor McGinn MP has criticised the Government for increasing levels of poverty and its impact on family stability.
After a Tory MP asked the Work and Pensions Secretary how family stability affected poverty levels, McGinn turned the question around to ask the Government to explain how increasing levels of poverty under his government are affecting family stability.
Over the last parliament, average real wages fell by over a thousand pound a year and cuts to Universal Credit that begin in April will see 2.1 million working families хЃ1,600 a year worse off by 2020.
Commenting Conor said:
“In my constituency child poverty levels are almost 5% above the national average and recent statistics show that the number of children living in poverty is not decreasing.
“The government’s failure to make work pay and its cuts to in-work support risk increasing the number of working families in poverty even further.
“Cuts to Universal Credit that will begin in April will make it almost impossible for families to work their way out of poverty.
“It is high-time the Tories recognised that we should be working to address the root causes and ensure working families get the support they need, not putting families under increasing pressure.”