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Cutting benefits harms mental health and hits most vulnerable hardest, says study – The Guardian

Exclusive: UK review of international welfare reforms makes case for keeping £20 Covid top-up to universal credit

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Cutting social security benefits such as universal credit has a detrimental effect on mental health, particularly for the most vulnerable groups hit hardest by the Covid-19 pandemic, according to new research.
The study of major welfare reforms in high-income countries including the UK, the US and Canada also found that policies aimed at making benefits more generous were associated…

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