The effects of the cost of living crisis are stark: teachers handing out toothpaste to children who have none at home; the toll on mental health caused by a constant struggle to get by without enough; and the explosion in demand for over-stretched food banks. But these harms are multiplied by the benefit cap and two-child limit, flagship policies of the welfare reform agenda which sharply sever the relationship between need and support provided by our social security system.
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