Director of Fair By Design, Lucie Russell, comments on BBC news story on Credit Unions
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10 minutes ago
Analysis by @TheIFS finds two unforgivable details about Universal Credit:
1. 2m people will lose £1,000+ a year following the switch
2. people on below average incomes, with few savings, will be hardest hit
The poverty premium creeps into benefits, too! https://t.co/XgGmHDOatU https://t.co/XjbuGqiQsN
Analysis by @TheIFS finds two unforgivable details about Universal Credit:
1. 2m people will lose £1,000+ a year following the switch
2. people on below average incomes, with few savings, will be hardest hit
The poverty premium creeps into benefits, too! https://t.co/XgGmHDOatU https://t.co/XjbuGqiQsN
4 hours ago
There is a poverty penalty for life chances today: 7.7m households are in persistent poverty (poverty 2 in the last 3 yrs), while research finds disadvantaged children twice as likely to be out of work in later life than better-off peers #poorcostsmore https://t.co/22aQT7uSvE https://t.co/961hN5pSjc
There is a poverty penalty for life chances today: 7.7m households are in persistent poverty (poverty 2 in the last 3 yrs), while research finds disadvantaged children twice as likely to be out of work in later life than better-off peers #poorcostsmore https://t.co/22aQT7uSvE https://t.co/961hN5pSjc
