Not content with cutting in-work benefits for low paid workers the government has announced plans to make striking for higher pay even more difficult than it already is, if not completely impossible. The Institute for Fiscal Studies says that families with young children could be up to £1,000 a year worse off because of the […]
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The Budget dealt low-paid workers a poor hand, and its punitive cuts must be challenged, says UNISON
Working people on low incomes got a rough deal from the government last week, and no amount of dressing up of the new ‘living’ wage can mask the fact that poorer families will be much worse off, says UNISON. Commenting on the changes to tax credits – which the Institute for Fiscal Studies says will […]