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Will future tax cuts reach struggling working households
31 March 2013
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Will future tax cuts reach struggling working households?
Date: 2 April 2013
Author: Donald Hirsch
All political parties today say they want to help working people on low to middle incomes who struggle to make ends meet. This briefing looks at how exactly tax cuts interact with Universal Credit and quantifies how little low to middle income working households will keep from a higher personal allowance or a 10p tax rate under UC. It also suggests a simple way in which the Government could ensure that the benefits of tax cuts do flow through to the pockets of the three million taxpayers who claim UC. Any party proposing tax cuts that does not adopt this or an equivalent policy cannot claim to be targeting low to middle income households by cutting taxes.
Priced Out
Date: 27 December 2011
Author: Donald Hirsch
New analysis shows that the rising cost of essentials had already wiped out most of the gains in living standards made in the early 2000s by families on low and modest incomes, even before the recession began. The new report, for independent think-tank the Resolution Foundation, shows that increases in the price of food, fuel and other basics have greatly outstripped general inflation in recent years.
Childcare support and the hours trap: the universal credit
14 November 2011
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Childcare support and the hours trap: the Universal Credit
Date: 14 November 2011
Author: Donald Hirsch
The Government has made an extra £300m available for childcare support under Universal Credit, compared to present spending levels. This briefing shows the impact of the government’s final proposal for childcare support on work incentives for single parents and second earners.
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