More than HALF A MILLION CHILDREN have been harmed by cruel Tory benefit cap
The Conservatives will be celebrating today after it was revealed that they have harmed nearly 600,000 children with their two-child cap on benefits for parents.
The stated aim of the cap on child benefit is to stop people having large families whilst on benefits.
But this is a fallacy. Most of the people hit by the cap are in working families.
And it is in fact harmful to the UK and its economy. The number of children born here is lower now than in the past, making it economically difficult to sustain the ageing population; there needs to be a large working-age population generating the economic activity needed to pay for services.
One solution has been to attract immigrants – but Brexit and the racism that it has engendered have made the UK extremely unattractive to foreign talent.
Then there’s the “rape” clause, which requires women to tell strangers that their children were born from controlling or coercive relationships, filling out a four-page form and reliving the trauma.
And there can be no doubt that this has contributed to the increase in child poverty under Conservative rule. Currently more than one-third of children in the UK are in poverty.
So the harm meted out to the children of the poor – and some parents – is revealed as what we always knew it would be: Cruelty for cruelty’s sake.
Nearly 600,000 children have seen their family’s finances slashed by the Tories’ “nasty” two-child cap on benefits.
The damning figures – from the first two years of the cap alone – sparked fresh calls from MPs, charities and more than 100 academic experts to axe the “cruel” austerity cut.
And they smashed claims the cap would force benefit claimants to make the same choices as working families – as it emerged 59% of victims have a job.
This distressing information has come at the beginning of Boris Johnson’s period as the new Conservative prime minister.
What do you think BoJob intends to do about it, apart from rejoice?
Source: DWP two-child benefits limit hits 500,000 children in cruel Tory crackdown – Mirror Online
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