400,000 Low Income Working Families Worse Off With Universal Credit

The findings of a CIH report – Making Work Pay - estimate that 400,000 working families will have less income with Universal Credit in 2015 than they did in 2010, demonstrating that the government's aim for households to be better off in work than out of work under Universal Credit is not the case for all families. The 400,000 families who could be hardest hit include some of the lowest earning in the UK - households that earn £247 or under per week will all see a fall in real income in 2015 and lone parents with one, two or three children will always be worse off if Universal Credit continues in its current format. Download the report from the CIH website.