Government insists 'reforms improve lives of poorest'

Our reforms will improve the lives of some of the poorest families in our communities by promoting work and helping people to lift themselves out of poverty.

Universal Credit will make three million households better off and lift up to 300,000 children out of poverty.

There are a lot of misleading stories about our reforms, but the truth is that we spend £94 billion a year on working age benefits and the welfare system supports millions of people who are on low incomes or unemployed so they can meet their basic needs.