The Archbishop of York has launched a blistering attack on #benefits cuts, warning #poverty is on the rise - @JohnSentamu Revealing a detailed knowledge of the impact on Bradford, the Archbishop criticised: * The flagship ‘#BenefitCap’ – warning families were being plunged into rent arrears after losing almost £50 a week and adding: “What sense does that make?” * Harsh #sanctions that had stripped benefits from 1,130 #disabled people for up to 13 weeks – describing it as “astonishing to me”. * Government plans to abolish an £180m-a-year ‘crisis fund’ for councils to provide emergency help for #poor families. * The danger of “community discord” in Bradford, if high levels of #unemployment continued. He told ministers: “In parts of the city #ChildPoverty rates are as high as 42 per cent. “What will happen to those children if the Government abolish, as they plan to do, the ring-fenced funding given to local councils for crisis payments and community care grants?” “The link between poor health, poor housing and poverty is of particular concern, with just over a quarter of the district’s children classed as living in poverty.”
Posted on: Fri, 24 Jan 2014 15:08:39 +0000
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