Families with children who work full time could find
themselves with less disposable cash than those who work part-time under
Universal Credit, according to a new report for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The report assessed whether UC will meet its
central aim of making work pay, and enable low earning families to reach a
minimum acceptable living standard. It found that families with children will hit a ceiling
where, despite working more hours, the steep withdrawal of UC means their
disposable income after childcare costs fails to increase, or even falls. In
some cases, families will be worse off working full-time than part-time. This
means that many families with children receiving UC will fall short of an
adequate standard of living. Download a
copy of the report from the JRF website.
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