The UK economy could be hit to the tune of around £3.5bn a year if the Chancellor confirms later today (Wednesday), in the spending review, that he is to continue with cuts to tax credits announced in the summer, says UNISON.
Thousands of low-income households will be worse off next April when the increase in the minimum wage is more than wiped out by changes to tax credits, according to a new report from UNISON published today (Wednesday). The analysis shows that many families face an income loss next spring, when what they were expecting was […]
Victory in the Lords is only the beginning of UNISON’s hard-fought campaign to protect tax credits for working people
Local government workers are the lowest paid in the public sector. This pay rise is affordable and long overdue.
If you’re eligible for tax credits, you really should check that you’re claiming all that you’re entitled to. It only takes a couple of minutes.
The issue of losing my tax credits was keeping me awake at night: as a single mum I didn’t know how I was going to provide for my family
Nearly three million working families countrywide have breathed a collective sigh of relief, says UNISON general secretary
The vote on tax credits is a tremendous win for ordinary people struggling to get by on low pay – but it’s only a beginning
Thousands upon thousands of UNISON members – and their families – took time on Sunday to come to Manchester and march
These cuts to tax credits will mean ordinary public service workers lose up to £3,000 a year and thousands more in the lifetime of this parliament
Any parents currently applying for universal credit only get help for the first two children, if their younger sons or daughters were born on or after 6 April 2017 […]
UNISON says the policy is pushing families into poverty
The government must come clean on the numbers of working people who will be worse off as a result its cuts to tax credits next year
Commenting on remarks made by the Prime Minister over the weekend and by the Chancellor today (Monday) at the Conservative party conference in Manchester, UNISON General Secretary Dave Prentis said: “The government is on the back foot over tax credits and ministers know it. They keep saying that families will be better off, but figures […]
Research from UNISON reveals the scale of the impact that the government’s plans on tax credits will have
