Will spring statement push more people into poverty?

Treasury minister James Murray tells Sophy Ridge that figures suggesting today's spring statement will push more people into poverty are "one side of the story".

A damning line in the government's own impact assessment of its multibillion pound benefit cuts says 250,000 more people - including 50,000 children - will be pushed into poverty as a result by 2030.

Read more: https://news.sky.com/story/politics-latest-live-reeves-spring-statement-welfare-defence-cuts-starmer-economy-12593360

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Post from Sky News on March 26, 2025

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