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To: The Prime Minister, and all members of his Cabinet

Welfare Cuts: Live on it before you cut it

Before you make further cuts to the benefits of those who are most vulnerable in society, we challenge you and your families to live for one week on benefits, and to spend one day from breakfast to bedtime with an individual or family on benefits.

Why is this important?

The human cost of welfare cuts is huge, with levels of stress, depression, physical ill health and family breakdown likely to increase as the cuts hit. Welfare cuts are about so much more than simply reducing the deficit for so many people. It's not possible for our politicians to experience fully what it is to be on a low income long-term, but we call on them to make this effort to engage with the human cost of their policies.

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2019-02-17 17:25:04 +0000

100 signatures reached

2015-11-25 22:27:32 +0000

50 signatures reached

2015-06-02 10:35:53 +0100

25 signatures reached

2015-05-28 14:54:36 +0100

10 signatures reached