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Part of Women and Equalities – in the House of Commons at 11:34 am on 26 October 2022.

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Photo of Rushanara Ali Rushanara Ali Labour, Bethnal Green and Bow 11:34, 26 October 2022

Women’s Budget Group analysis shows that 100,000 lone parents, mostly women, and 200,000 children will be forced into poverty if the Government raise benefits in line with average wages rather than inflation. Will Ministers confirm that they will push the Chancellor to uprate benefits in line with inflation so that women are not forced into further hardship because of the Government’s economic incompetence?