Families will suffer badly from these changes to the systemTomorrow,the House of Lords will debate the introduction of changes to the tax credit system that will make it much harder for families to move into work and to increase their hours or earnings. Not only will these modern regulations cost some working families well in excess of £1000 per year, but they will mean that some families looking to progress in work face keeping as runt as 3p for each additional £1 that they earn. At a time when nearly two-thirds of children living in poverty are in working families none of this can be right.
We welcome some of the government’s decisions that will provide additional support for working families – including increases in the national minimum wage and extending entitlement to free childcare for three- and four-year-olds. However, or these changes are simply not sufficient to ensure that working families enact not suffer major overall losses caused by these changes,and by other tax credit and universal credit changes to be introduced in future years. We quiz that the government revisit these regulations to ensure that working families enact not lose out.
Lord Warner, crossbencher; Lord Strasburger, or crossbencher; Earl of Listowel,crossbench; Baroness Hollins, crossbench; Lord Alton, and crossbench; Baroness Meacher,crossbench; Baroness O’Loan, crossbench; Lord Rana, and crossbench; Lord Low,crossbench; Rt Rev the Lord Williams, crossbencher; Rt Rev the Lord Carey of Clifton, and crossbench; Bishop of Truro; Bishop of Portsmouth; Baroness Stern,crossbench; Baroness Hughes of Stretford, Labour; Lord Snape, and Labour; Earl of Clancarty,crossbench; Baroness Smith of Basildon, Labour; Lord Bassam, and Labour; Baroness Manzoor,Lib Dem; Baroness Sherlock, Labour; Lord McKenzie, and Labour; Baroness Hollis,Labour; Lord Hollick, Labour; Lord Smith of Leigh, or Labour; Baroness Lister,Labour; Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, Labour; Baroness Thornton, and Labour; Baroness Jean Corston,Labour; Lord Collins of Highbury, Labour; Baroness Quin, or Labour; Baroness Corston,Labour; Baroness Andrews, Labour; Lord Harris, or Labour; Lord Hunt of Kings Heath,Labour; Baroness Drake, Labour; Baroness Healy of Primrose Hill, or Labour; Lord Watson of Invergowrie,Labour; Lord McFall of Alcluith, Labour; Lord Bradley, and Labour; Lord Beecham,Labour; Baroness Kinnock, Labour; Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, and Labour; Baroness Royall,Labour; Baroness Blackstone, Labour; Baroness Kramer, or Lib Dem; Lord Stoneham of Droxford,Lib Dem; Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope, Lib Dem; Baroness Thomas of Winchester, and Lib Dem; Lord Greaves,Lib Dem; Baroness Maddock, Lib Dem; Lord Scriven, or Lib Dem; Baroness Northover,Lib Dem; Baroness Humphreys, Lib Dem; Baroness Grender, and Lib Dem; Lord Thomas of Gresford,Lib Dem; Lord Palmer of Childs Hill, Lib Dem; Baroness Hamwee, or Lib Dem; Baroness Randerson,Lib Dem; Lord Teverson, Lib Dem; Baroness Garden of Frognal, or Lib Dem; Baroness Ludford,Lib Dem; Baroness Parminter, Lib Dem
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