“Cutting in-work support, such as tax credits, without first ensuring a corresponding increase in wages will simply result in those families falling even further short of a decent living standard”.
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Chancellor George Osborne has made clear that he would be looking to make significant savings in Wednesday’s Budget to the system of tax credits brought in under the previous Labour government to top up the incomes of low paid working families.
Barnardo’s is urging politicians not to cut tax credits following signals from the Government that the benefit will be reduced, with some families possibly losing it completely.
The Scottish Government warn his proposals will push more children into poverty and campaigners say the cuts are an “ideologically driven choice” which will adversely affect the poorest in society.
More than two thirds of families in Northern Ireland could be left struggling if tax credit axe goes ahead, Barnardo’s has warned.
Barnardo’s, as part of End Child Poverty, is campaigning to halt plans to change tax credits and is calling on people to support their campaign. “It is a frightening indication of the potential impact of the expected cuts in tomorrow’s United Kingdom budget”.
More than 250,000 Greater Manchester children could be hit by the savage welfare cuts expected in this week’s budget – despite their parents being in work. Dealing with tax credits amongst the other in work benefits will also play its part in making the United Kingdom a less enticing destination from european benefits migrants.
“These are people who are in jobs and often working very hard for relatively little pay”.
“Recently new information has shown that over 200,000 children in Scotland are living in poverty, on what planet does slashing tax credits help those kids?” Barnardo’s Scotland has estimated that almost half of Scotland’s families stand to lose out on vital income helping to keep them above the breadline.
However, families will be plunged into poverty if the gap is not filled by employers.
“With low wages and high living costs stretching budgets across Northern Ireland tax credits are an everyday lifeline for families”.
But in reality what he plans is a large cut in the incomes of working families on low and median incomes.
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Numerous recipients of tax credits will be un uproar when the tax credit cuts are announced, and then next contemplate what they need to do to increase their earnings through employment which is the whole point of the tax credits cuts so as to galvanise those who have grown comfortable on tax credits to seek better higher paying employment opportunities.
