I do not know whether the hon. Gentleman has seen the analysis from the Institute for Fiscal Studies today, but it says that the minimum wage announcement will not go anywhere near compensating for welfare cuts in cash terms. People currently on tax credits will be significantly worse off and the reform could cost 3 million families an average of £5,000 a year. That is the IFS’s calculation.
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation
Proceeding contribution from
Clive Betts
(Labour)
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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