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Child Poverty Action Group report: Rough Justice

10 August 2018

People can lose the effect of work allowances, be inappropriately benefit capped while in work, and lose out on support for housing costs. These problems should surprise nobody, having been raised in parliament as far back as 2012 when universal credit was still in the design stage.

This according to the August 2018 report (pdf) fromย Child Poverty Action Group onย  the universal credit.

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House of Commons Home Affairs Committee interim report: Policy Options for Future Migration from the European Economic Area

10 August 2018

There has been no attempt by the Government to build consensus on future migration policy despite the fact that the issue was subject to heated, divisive and at times misleading debate during the referendum campaign in 2016.

This is from the July 2018 interim report (pdf) from theย House of Commons Home Affairs Committee whichย warns all those involved in the Brexit debate not to exploit or escalate tensions over immigration in the run up to withdrawal agreement.

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