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Pressure growing over benefits cap
The Journal
|June 02, 2025
CAMPAIGNERS are stepping up the pressure on the Government to scrap the two-child benefit cap after figures show tens of thousands of young people in the North East grow up in poverty.
The End Child Poverty Coalition says 120,600 children in the region are in poverty. More than 30% of young people grow up poor in Newc
This story is from the June 02, 2025 edition of The Journal.
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