A new analysis has shown that tax and benefit changes under the coalition government, combined with low wage growth, will leave 690,000 more children living below the minimum income standard by 2015.
The analysis was commissioned by the TUC from the independent Landman Economics consultancy. It examines the current and future impact of various tax and benefit changes since 2010 – including universal credit, direct and indirect tax changes and real wage growth – on the incomes of different households and family types.