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Welfare changes are biting so hard that people face losing the cars they call home or are struggling to provide the most basic needs, a Citizens Advice Bureau report has found.
The report, based on more than 10,000 requests for the bureau's help, found people from all walks of life were struggling to meet basic living costs.
Government policy or law changes such as benefit sanctions, tighter emergency housing criteria and cuts to community services had exacerbated the hardship, the report found.
The bureau's national policy advisor Louise May to
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