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  • 8 Apr 2013
    Working families to lose thousands in tax credit cuts, says TUC

    As tax credit changes take effect, the TUC has updated its tax credit calculator to help parents find out how they will be affected by the government's recent changes.

  • 20 Mar 2013
    Budget gives 'little hope to struggling families hit by sweeping cuts'

    Of the £950 million provided for additional support with child care, only £200 million will go to low to middle income families on Tax Credits or Universal Credit.

  • 31 Dec 2012
    Work and pensions secretary proves 'factually challenged'

    Claims about tax credit by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith have been described as "discredited" by Channel 4 News 'Fact Check'.

  • 31 Dec 2012
    Another moral wrong from IDS on work and welfare

    Should the welfare system be reformed? Is the tax credit system flawed? Is a universal credit a good idea in principle? The answer to all these questions is 'yes'. But if the question is about whether the government is tackling these issues in the correct way, the answer is 'no'. A huge change of direction is required.

  • 31 Dec 2012
    Duncan Smith's attack on working poor a 'smokescreen', say critics

    As the government continues its aggressive rhetoric against benefits and claimants, welfare campaigners have pledged to continue their struggle for justice.

  • 31 Dec 2012
    No (tax) credit for Iain Duncan Smith

    It's New Year's Eve, newsrooms are quiet and casual comments by ministers are enough to make top headlines. Today, Iain Duncan Smith, the Work and Pensions Secretary, has made the news with some vaguely worded attacks on the system of tax credits.

  • 22 Aug 2012
    Tory 'rising stars' and the realities of working lives

    Walk wide of people with a book to sell. This may be interpreted as an unwise remark coming from a writer, but the recent comments from five 'rising stars' of the Tory party who are promoting their book 'Britannia in Chains' is a reminder that literary self-interest can be as ugly as any other variety.

  • 2 Apr 2012
    Many poor people will not get their due tax credits

    From 6 April 2012, some poor UK households may lose tax credits due to them because of inadequate communication by the government. Numerous low-income families already face drastic tax credit and welfare benefits cuts. But even some of those still entitled to child or working tax credit may not receive this.

  • 21 Mar 2012
    It's poor working families not the rich who are being hit

    Amidst all the budget fuss over 50p tax rates for the very wealthy and the ‘injustice’ of higher rate taxpayers losing out on Child Benefit, who is prepared to speak up for 212,000 low income working families set to lose £3,870 a year each? It is they who are facing the biggest cut in incomes come April this year.

  • 8 Mar 2012
    Chloe Smith and the 'two nations'

    “Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.” These words from Disraeli's 1845 novel 'Sybil' could have been written for Norwich MP Chloe Smith.