Chancellor’s Autumn Statement
Warning of six more years of austerity, the Chancellor’s package of measures included a number of provisions that, on the Treasury’s predictions, are likely to increase the numbers of children in...
View ArticleMore jobs needed to tackle poverty
More than half of children living in poverty have a parent in paid employment, finds the Joseph Rowntree Foundation in their report, Monitoring Poverty and Social Exclusion 2011.Subjects: BenefitsChild...
View ArticleLow income households depend more on external support
Households with low to middle incomes (LMI) are more dependent on female employment and on the benefit and tax credit system than in the past, finds the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) in Why did...
View ArticleThousands lose out on nursery costs from tax credit cuts
Figures compiled by the Daycare Trust for the annual Child Care Costs Survey, 2012, show that 44,000 fewer families will be getting help with childcare costs following the April tax credit cut. The...
View ArticleIn-work credits to single parents work
The ‘in-work credit’ paid to single parents had positive effects on getting people off benefit and into work, finds a new report from the Institute of Social and Economic Research at the University of...
View ArticleFamilies lose out from Coalition Budget changes
An updated analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies suggests that the combined effect of all the tax and benefit changes effective from April 2012 would be an average loss of £511 per year for...
View ArticleTax credit cuts will hit family finances
The new rules on working tax credits from the start of the 2012/13 tax year will hit around 212,000 low income families, according to information published by the House of Commons Library. This will...
View Article62 per cent of households get benefits
Sixty-two per cent of all households (or ‘benefit units’) get at least one form of state support, including tax credits, retirement pension and child benefit, according to the latest official survey...
View Article‘Successes’ of tax credits
Tax credits have not had the effect of forcing down wages for low-paid workers, according to a think-tank report. Overall, tax credits have had a number of successes and are popular with those who get...
View ArticleTax-based child benefits ‘less generous’ than universal systems
Child benefit systems based on the tax system tend to be less generous than those structured around a universal benefit, according to a new study.The study looked at the changing social and fiscal...
View ArticleTax-benefit system ‘more redistributive’ for women
Changes to the tax and benefit system over the last two decades have strengthened its ability to reduce inequalities in women's lifetime income, according to a new think-tank study. A life-cycle...
View ArticleChild poverty set to rise by 690,000
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...
View Article2012 Autumn Statement ‘will increase child poverty’
Tax and benefit changes announced by the Chancellor in his 2012 Autumn Statement will mean an extra 200,000 children living in poverty by 2017-18, according to a new analysis from the Institute for...
View ArticleApril 2013 ‘Big Bang’ for benefits and taxes
A series of major changes to the tax and benefits systems came into effect from April 2013, accompanied by disputes over their purpose and likely impact. The Chancellor George Osborne described them as...
View ArticlePoorest areas hit hardest by benefit cuts
The most deprived areas of Great Britain will also be the ones hit hardest by the coalition's policy of cutting benefits and tax credits, according to a new analysis from the Centre for Regional,...
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