Debbie Abrahams MP, Shadow Work and
Pensions Secretary,
commenting on the benefit cap statistics released by the Department for Work
and Pensions today, said:
“It is deeply concerning that nearly
70,000 families are now being affected by the Tories’ benefit cap.
“Seven in every ten of those are single
parent families, struggling to give their children the best life chances in the
face of falling real wages, the spiralling cost of essentials and inflexible,
low quality childcare.
“The courts recently ruled that a benefit
cap was discriminatory and unlawful for nearly 30,000 families with children
under two. Often these are women fleeing domestic violence.
“Labour has stood against the reduction
of the benefit cap. We will transform the social security system so that, like
the NHS, it is there for us all in our time of need.”
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