Women To Be Hit Hardest By Tax-Credit And Benefits Freeze – Study Women will overwhelmingly bear the brunt of a freeze in tax credits and benefits that will be introduced by George Osborne if the Tories win the general election next year, according to an analysis by the House of Commons library. The shadow chancellor, Ed Balls, accused the Tories of planning to “hit millions of families on modest incomes” after the figures showed 80% of the estimated savings in tax credits would come from women. Women would provide 75% of the savings in benefits. welfareweekly/women-hit-hardest-tax-credit-benefits-freeze-study/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+welfareweekly+%28Welfare+Weekly%29
Posted on: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 07:13:39 +0000
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