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Raising the value of benefits would have been preferable to sending out a string of lump sum cost of living payments to households, according to a leading UK economics thinktank which has dubbed the sporadic cash boosts an “ineffective sticking plaster”.

Cost of living payments are ‘ineffective sticking plaster’, warns IFS

The Newcastle MP has hit out at Michael Gove (Image: Getty Images)

Newcastle MP hits out at Michael Gove for inaction on child poverty

The UK Poverty Report 2022 was released this week (Image: Shutterstock)

‘Cost of living emergency’ for struggling families in North East

The Tyne bridge and River Tyne in Newcastle (Pic from Shutterstock)

Calls to reintroduce £20 Universal Credit uplift in Newcastle