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Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson Hon FRIBA (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician, writer, and former journalist serving as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party since 2019. He was Foreign Secretary from 2016 to 2018 and Mayor of London from 2008 to 2016. Johnson was Member of Parliament for Henley from 2001 to 2008 and has been MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip since 2015. Ideologically, Johnson identifies as a one-nation conservative.
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Families on benefits cutting back on food and kids' nappies during coronavirus pandemic
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Desperate families on benefits are cutting back on their kids’ nappies and depriving themselves of food as they are hurled into debt during the pandemic.
Boris Johnson faces mounting calls not to slash Universal Credit by £20 a week after a poll claimed 60% of families on benefits borrowed money in the last two months.
A survey of 3,100 parents on Universal Credit or Child Tax Credit today finds 30% borrowed from friends and family, 28% on credit cards, 16% on an overdraft and 13% used payday loans.
The survey for Save the Children by pollsters Opinium, between 17 and 30 September 2020, also found 28% have cut back on children’s items like clothes, toys and nappies.
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