Somerville: Reforming Universal Credit could lift 40,000 children out of poverty

A spokesperson for the UK Department for Work and Pensions said: “We recognise the last few years have been tough which is why we have provided one of the biggest cost-of-living support packages in Europe, preventing 1.3 million people in the UK from falling into poverty in 2022-23, and we’re also going further in April by uprating benefits and pensions to support millions of people on the lowest incomes.