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New Credit rots soul, says Field

Ed Thornton

by Ed Thornton

Posted: 14 Sep 2012 @ 12:46

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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