Not increasing benefits with inflation would be 'recipe for disaster' for the North East

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% :'It's just unthinkable that the new Prime Minister and Chancellor are even considering reneging on a clear commitment made by their predecessors to ensure this support will rise in line with prices, after thousands of families across the region were hit by a real terms cut this year, on top of several years of freezes to the value of social security.
43% : Read more: Teenager, 14, dies after incident at North East park as police confirm details'We already have the UK's highest rate of child poverty here in the North East, and failing to ensure social security keeps pace with the actual cost of household essentials is a recipe for disaster - not just for individual children and families, but also for the overstretched charities and community organisations across our region already helping growing numbers of parents and carers just to meet their children's basic needs.

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