government accused of covering up negative impact of tax credit cuts /

Published at 2015-10-15 16:51:18

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Treasury select committee member describes official analysis,which fails to show how poorer families will be hit, as ‘obvious sleight of handThe government has been accused of trying to cloak the negative impact of its changes to tax credits after producing an analysis that fails to show how poorer families will be hit.
The Treasury document came under fire after it emerged that the impact of the tax credit cuts had only been considered for families already in receipt of credits, and as opposed to the population as a whole. Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com