The coalition’s Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill, which will enshrine in law George Osborne’s plan to cap benefit increases at 1 per cent for the next three years (a real-terms cut), returns to the Commons today for its report stage and third reading.
Earlier this month, when MPs voted on the bill for the first time, I gave four reasons why it deserved to be defeated: it will force even more of the poorest families to choose between heating and eating; it will damage the economy by reducing real incomes; low wages aren’t a reason to cut benefits (contrary to the government’s claims) and there are fairer ways to reduce the deficit.
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