Search Results for “Local government” tagged tax credits

“The government is full of praise for people who go out to work to try and provide better lives for their children […]

The vote gives the government a chance to think again on its plans to cut the budgets of nearly three million low and middle […]

“Peers have now given the government a chance to think again, and the Chancellor should grasp that opportunity with both hands […]

“Many may get a pay rise from the government’s ‘national living wage’, but will end up losing more than they gain in the tax credits grab […]

The unions – UNISON, GMB and Unite – are hoping to receive a pay offer from the local government employers next month. UNISON head of local government Heather Wakefield said: “Local […]

“The government needs to be concentrating on encouraging employers to pay a decent wage so that low paid workers […]

The union would like to see the government adopt an honest approach during today’s opposition debate on tax credits. Rather than talk about […]

“There’s been £160bn of cuts across the board – local government and social care are teetering on the brink. Our NHS is under siege, and there’s a pay cap for […]

In particular, we want to make sure that those who are being moved onto the government’s new benefits system “Universal Credit” are claiming everything they should be before the […]

The government's determination to undermine unions at work rather than dealing with the living standards crisis […]

The government had originally intended to apply this two-child rule to any family that applied for universal […]

Their stories convinced the government this unfair tax credits grab was wrong. “The government must now do more to encourage […]

With the chancellor’s U-turn on tax credits, single mum Kati Conroy says she can sleep again at night – for now

A chance he should grasp with both hands. The government chose to try and cut tax credits through a "statutory instrument" rather than a proper […]

“This has to be one of the most dreadful ideas ever to come out of this government. Ministers must see sense, call time on these ill-thought-out plans and scrap the two child limit […]