Welfare Reform Bill will 'increase child poverty'

Councils across the UK will be forced to manage rising levels of child poverty, if the Welfare Reform Bill goes through un-amended.

Councils across the UK will be forced to manage rising levels of child poverty, if the Welfare Reform Bill goes through un-amended, England's children's commissioner has warned.

In a joint report released this Monday, the UK's children's commissioners said the Bill was likely to increase child poverty levels.

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