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Topical Questions | Work and Pensions | Commons debates I will of course look closely at the report that my right hon.
Child Poverty | Work and Pensions | Commons debates I am always very interested in listening to the hon.
Cost of Living: Food Bank Use | Work and Pensions | Commons debates Food banks are independent organisations, with DWP having no direct role in their operation.
Cost of Living: Food Bank Use | Work and Pensions | Commons debates This is the Government who have overseen a 400,000 reduction in the number of children in absolute poverty since 2010.
Cost of Living: Food Bank Use | Work and Pensions | Commons debates May I welcome the hon. Lady to her place?
Cost of Living: Food Bank Use | Work and Pensions | Commons debates The most important thing is that this Government recognise that the best way out of poverty, and the best way to address the circumstance
Rural Poverty: Benefits System | Work and Pensions | Commons debates I thank my hon. Friend for drawing attention to her jobs fair. She is a local dynamo in standing up for her constituents.
Rural Poverty: Benefits System | Work and Pensions | Commons debates We are bearing down on poverty, not least by incentivising work within the benefit system. As the hon.