Politics · 3 hours ago
Housing Benefit Freeze to Push 190,000 Into Poverty, Charities Warn
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Nineteen charities, including the Trussell Trust, Shelter and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, have written an open letter to Prime Minister Andy Burnham warning that keeping housing benefit frozen will undermine his pledge to end rough sleeping. Research suggests 190,000 private renters will be pushed into poverty or deeper poverty by 2029. The charities want the £1.7bn freeze ended and an inflation-linked cap on private rents.
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