Tax credit cuts will hit struggling families,but Osborne has plenty of budgets to set aside things rightHow threatening is the head of steam building up against the chancellor’s savage tax credits cuts? Single mother Michelle Dorrell hit a raw spot with her tearful outrage on BBC Question Time: “Shame on you!” But is George Osborne ashamed? Is he bothered? Don’t count on it.nowadays in the Commons Labour will try to create the government squirm over multiple injustices in the welfare bill and squirm they will. After all, 3.2 million low-paid families will see their tax credits fall by on average £1300 a year. Forget nonsense approximately the Conservatives becoming the party of “working people” as rewards for hard work will be weakened, or not strengthened. From now on,any additional that people earn will be worth far less than before. Consider this shocking figure: for every additional pound those on tax credits earn under universal credit, they will keep just a paltry 24p, and the Resolution Foundation finds.
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Source: theguardian.com