The Labour Government in Westminster are about to take up to 40% of benefits from lone parents who cannot find work.  From next week parents whose children are over 12 years old will face benefit cuts if you do not prove they are looking for work or take jobs affered to them.  Solidarity Co-Convenor, Rosemary Byrne said:

"Income Support is already too low, how could a family survive on 40% less?  Not all parents have the support of extended family and this could lead to many teenagers fending for themselves.  The only result of this will be more latch-key children and more poverty.  At a time when people are losing jobs Labour should be targetting the rich and not the poorest.  They have billions for bankers yet want to raid the purses of already hard-pressed families."