Gordon Brown: 'We’re Seeing Poverty I Never Thought I’d See Again’

Gordon Brown has suggested the Government should reconsider the two-child benefit cap because it is trapping families in poverty.

The former Labour Prime Minister also said the benefits cap, which limits the amount of money a household can receive from the state, was making people “worse off”.

“There’s got to be a complete review of the child poverty policy,” Brown told i, adding that “child poverty has become a far bigger problem than pensioner poverty” in recent years.

'We're seeing poverty I never thought I'd see again', he added.

The former Prime Minister was speaking at the opening of a new “Multibank” in Middlesbrough. It is the latest branch in a countrywide network, launched by Brown, to distribute items such as clothing, shoes, toiletries, hygiene products, home furnishings, children’s toys and baby goods to families who are struggling to make ends meet.

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