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Is no specific offence? the legal framework isn't there. it gives too many grey areas for these offences to be charged, and we don't need it to be an aggravating factor, we need it to be a stand—alone offence to give the consequences needed. well, we are going to hear from another mum now again speaking anonymously. she and her family were forced to move away from their home to escape the gangs. but what we are going to find out is that it was far from a perfect solution. we had to leave a private rented property due to benefit cuts, due to the benefit cap, and we ended up being moved to a v...

In some instances trick the children to do it themselves. in some instances we see offenders grooming and exploiting children, and it is difficult to prosecute those offenders because there is no specific offence? the legal framework isn't there, it gives too many grey areas for these offences to be charged, and we don't need it to be an aggregated —— aggravating factor, we need it to be a stand—alone offence to give the consequences needed. well, the consequences needed. we are going to hear fr( another well, we are going to hearfrom another mum now again speaking anonymously. she and h...

Almost two million UK children could be ‘trapped in poverty’ as their parents face at least one major barrier to ‘working themselves out of hardship’, a new report from Action for Children reveals.

"We must confront the myth that everyone in poverty can simply work their way out of it," says Imran Hussain from the charity Action for Children.

The most common reason is to cover the five—week universal credit advance — given when people moved over onto the system. but it can also be taken to repay crisis loans, debts to third parties like councils and utility companies, and to take back overpayments made by government error. as the cost of living is set to increase, a cross—party group of mp5 want the government to put a pause on those deductions. given that benefits are already at a very low level, if you've got deductions taken out of those, as well, then you've got really serious hardship. and it's people who are having dedu...