Benefits uprating and living standards: discussion piece on SPRU blog

TY - GEN

T1 - Benefits uprating and living standards

T2 - discussion piece on SPRU blog

AU - Bradshaw, Jonathan Richard

PY - 2012/12

Y1 - 2012/12

N2 - The decision of the Coalition Government, announced in the Autumn Statement, to uprate most social security benefits and tax credits by 1% per year for the next three years is unprecedented* . It will save £3.8 billion, which is the same as saying that the poorest families will have that amount taken from their incomes. The impact on their living standards will be much starker.

AB - The decision of the Coalition Government, announced in the Autumn Statement, to uprate most social security benefits and tax credits by 1% per year for the next three years is unprecedented* . It will save £3.8 billion, which is the same as saying that the poorest families will have that amount taken from their incomes. The impact on their living standards will be much starker.

M3 - Other contribution

PB - Social Policy Research Unit, University of York

ER -