Llywodraeth y DU sydd â’r ysgogiadau ariannol allweddol i wneud gwahaniaeth a dylai fod wedi manteisio ar y cyfle i dargedu cymorth yn fwy. Drwy gael gwared ar y cap ar fudd-daliadau a’r cyfyngiad dau blentyn, gallai teuluoedd ar draws y DU gyfan fod wedi cael eu cefnogi’n well yn yr argyfwng hwn, gan roi’r dechrau gorau i fywyd i blant. Yn hytrach, mae’r Canghellor yn credu ei bod yn briodol bygwth pobl â sancsiynau i’w budd-daliadau am beidio â gwneud ail swydd ran-amser ar yr isafswm cyflog. Dylai Llywodraeth y DU hefyd fod wedi cymryd camau allweddol eraill a fyddai wedi cael effaith gadarnhaol, megis cynyddu cyfraddau’r Lwfans Tai Lleol a chynyddu cyllid ar gyfer Taliadau Disgresiwn at Gostau Tai.
The UK Government holds the key financial levers to make a difference and it should have taken the opportunity to offer more targeted support. By removing the benefit cap and the two-child limit, families across the whole of the UK could have been better supported in this crisis, giving children the best start in life. Instead, the Chancellor has seen fit to threaten people with benefit sanctions for not doing a second part-time, minimum wage job. The UK Government should have also taken other key actions which would have had a positive impact, such as increasing Local Housing Allowance rates and increasing funding for Discretionary Housing Payments.