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Tax Credits

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A cap limiting the amount of benefits households can receive each week has come into force today.
15 July 2013
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Universal credit, a new benefit which replaces jobseeker's allowance, income support and other tax credits, will be launched today in four areas of north-west England.
29 April 2013
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The Government dealt a huge blow to benefit recipients by revealing in this week's Autumn Statement many handouts will not rise by the same pace as the cost of living.
7 December 2012
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Retail workers could be better off on the dole because of tax credit changes brought in under the last Budget, a new report claimed this week.
11 June 2012
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Taxpayers have to wait almost three times longer to contact HM Revenue & Customs than they did two years ago, it has been revealed.
2 May 2012
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Families with children stand to lose £511 a year on average under tax and benefit changes coming into force from tomorrow, an analysis by a think-tank shows.
5 April 2012
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Benefit recipients could lose a combined £10 billion by 2016, the Chancellor announced in today's Budget.
21 March 2012
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Hundreds of thousands of benefits recipients will see a dramatic fall or even an end to their tax credits under a raft of reforms next month.
13 March 2012
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About a million letters with wrong information on child tax credits entitlement have been sent out by tax officials.
9 March 2012

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