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Working Tax Credit
Universal Credit but it Starts Small
The Universal Credit (UC) will eventually impact nearly 6 million people as a range of benefits are merged into one monthly household payment – Income Support, income-based Jobseeker’s Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance, Housing Benefit, Child Tax Credit and Working Tax Credit. Iain Duncan-Smith started the massive shake-up to the Welfare system on 29 [...]
Universal Credit Comes Early in Manchester and Cheshire
The Welfare Reform Act 2012 gives the legislative backing to the creation of a new welfare benefit entitled the Universal Credit (UC). According to the Government, this benefit will reform, simplify and ‘streamline’ the benefits system, making work the more affordable option. The UC merges a range of benefits into one household payment – income [...]
Welfare Reform Act
After its first reading in the House of Commons on 16 February 2011, and after suffering many readings, defeats and amendments along the way, the Welfare Reform Bill received Royal Assent on 08 March 2012. Iain Duncan Smith, Work and Pensions Secretary, called the new Act ‘an historic moment for the Coalition Government’ and ‘the [...]
Autumn Statement 2011 (1) – Pensions, Tax & NICs
State Pension Age The Pensions Act 2011 gave the green light to accelerate the State Pension Age increases to 65 for women from 2018 and 66 for men and women by September / October 2020. Now, we are told that it will be accelerated further to 67 between April 2026 and April 2028. This increase [...]
