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OPFS response to UK Chancellor’s Spring statement 2025

On 26 March 2025, UK Chancellor, Rachel Reeves announced spending cuts in the 2025 Spring Statement.

26/03/2025

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Satwat Rehman, OPFS Chief Executive said:

“Today’s Spring Statement was an opportunity for the UK Government to demonstrate the sincerity of its commitments to tackle child poverty.

“Instead, the cuts announced will have the opposite effect: pushing an additional 250,000 people, including 50,000 children, into relative poverty across the UK.

“In the joint letter we signed with 39 women’s organisations to Rachel Reeves, we warned that women—who are the majority of disabled people, unpaid carers, and single parents—will bear the brunt of these cuts, pushing many out of work.

“For disabled survivors of domestic abuse, losing benefits could mean losing a vital financial lifeline.

“We urge the government to reconsider these cuts and instead raise £60bn through fairer taxation on the wealthiest.”

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