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We don’t have a lack of food in this country; food bank use is down to poverty and destitution - @Sumi_RabindraK from @TrussellTrust speaking at our annual welfare rights conference
People shouldn’t need to come to food banks in the first place - need to remove 5-week wait for universal credit and restore the level of benefits to make up for loses that have meant people have fallen further behind - @Sumi_RabindraK #5weekstoolong
Also need to address crisis support to ensure people don’t have chronic need for food banks - @Sumi_RabindraK
Today, we release our #FromTheFrontline report covering Universal Credit and local housing allowance (LHA): shltr.org.uk/hjm
We've used real life experiences to show how #UniversalCredit and #LHA are pushing people towards hardship and poverty.
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We've used real life experiences to show how #UniversalCredit and #LHA are pushing people towards hardship and poverty.
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Our research shows that in 97% of areas a small family can’t afford even the cheapest local rents with #LHA.
This creates a shortfall between people’s rent and what they get in housing allowance; 65% of households have a shortfall. #FromTheFrontline
This creates a shortfall between people’s rent and what they get in housing allowance; 65% of households have a shortfall. #FromTheFrontline
With #LHA not doing its job in covering the cost of renting, families have to make up shortfalls in other ways.
This means they are having to make decisions no family should have to make – such as whether to cut back on food or heating to pay the rent. #FromTheFrontline
This means they are having to make decisions no family should have to make – such as whether to cut back on food or heating to pay the rent. #FromTheFrontline
