Citizens Advice responds to the Autumn Budget
Dame Clare Moriarty, Chief Executive of Citizens Advice, said:
“Today’s budget will make a huge difference to the lives of the people we support. Scrapping the two-child limit and addressing high energy bills will prevent hundreds of thousands of children from growing up in poverty and help households across the country keep the lights on.
“Our advisers see every day the devastating impact that unnecessarily punitive policies and spiralling bills have had on households, like parents pushed into impossible choices between the food shop and topping up the meter.
“These commitments mark a vital turning point. We hope the Government continues in this direction, as there’s still more to do to ensure every household can live a life free from poverty.”
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