Budget is 'failed opportunity to help poor' While aid agencies have congratulated the Chancellor for protecting overseas aid, other organisations say the Budget will not bring relief to those affected by poverty closer to home.
Take pressure off poor, Chancellor told Christians are calling upon the Chancellor to use his Budget to help those hardest hit by the Government's spending cuts.
Bishops attack Government's welfare reforms Government cuts to benefits have been condemned in a letter signed by 43 bishops in the Church of England.