Having worked in retail for 30 years before coming to this place, I regularly saw good, hard-working people who wanted to work extra hours being prohibited from doing so because of the loss of tax credits. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the announcements yesterday on reforms of tax credits and on a living wage will finally break the shackles for those people and let them take control of their own destiny?
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
Proceeding contribution from
Craig Whittaker
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 9 July 2015.
It occurred during Budget debate on Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation.
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