Social security, poverty and dignity

That this House notes that by the end of the last Parliament, the previous Government presided over deep rooted hardship caused by cruel and counterproductive policies from 2010; further notes that 7 out of 10 children living in poverty have at least one parent in paid work and that 350,000 children were lifted out of poverty when the two-child limit was belatedly removed; believes in a social security system based on the principles of fairness, dignity and respect for people in need of help not one based on arbitrary spending cuts based on inaccurate tropes that demonise people on benefits; calls on the Government to reject calls by the Official Opposition to cut benefits whilst overlooking ingrained housing and income inequality; further calls for the Government to unfreeze local housing allowance and to institute rent controls to help avoid the risk of homelessness and the devastating impact this has on those directly affected and on local councils struggling to fund temporary accommodation; further believes that child poverty is a political choice; and also calls for the Government to abolish the overall benefit cap which traps families in deep poverty.