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It comes as figures show a whopping £19 billion worth of benefits go unclaimed each year across the UK - as many don't realise what they are entitled to
Low income families could boost their income by up to £24,000 a year with new scheme
A whopping £19 billion worth of benefits goes unclaimed across the UK each year - as many families find the process of claiming these too time-consuming or complicated, research has found.
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.