The Government needs to examine how billions being spent on tax credits could be used more effectively to tackle the root causes of child poverty which has been underestimated, according to a new report by the think tank Policy Exchange.…
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Below inflation increases in tax credits and benefits will push 200,000 children into relative income poverty, according to a government answer to a parliamentary question.…
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The majority of working mums say tax credits have helped them in their working lives, according to a Workingmums.co.uk poll.
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The House of Commons has voted to increase benefits such as maternity allowance and tax credits by only 1% until 2016.…
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The work and pensions secretary Iain Duncan Smith has launched an attack on tax credits, saying they have created "a sorry story of dependency, wasted taxpayers' money and fraud".…
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