New Credit rots soul, says Field
AS MANY AS 100,000 of the poorest families in the country will
lose up to £4000 a year of childcare when the Universal Credit is
introduced, the Children's Society has warned.
The Universal Credit, which will be launched next year, will
replace six tax credits - including child tax credits, working tax
credits, and Jobseeker's Allowance. The Department for Work and
Pensions says that the new credit "will help claimants and their
families to become more independent", and will ...
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