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13 Mar 20
The chancellor has delayed planned changes to a tax credit the government had previously identified as being subject to fraud.
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2 Nov 18
HM Revenue and Customs is struggling to control tax credit fraud and the “cracks are showing”, MPs have said.
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27 Apr 16
Auditors have called for improvements to how government manages the welfare cap after finding that failure to account correctly for the impact of tax credit cuts led to errors in last summer’s...
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11 Nov 15
MPs have called on the government to pause planned tax credit cuts to allow for development of a more thorough reform to the system.
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2 Nov 15
Work and pensions committee chair Frank Field has written to chancellor George Osborne to urge him to publish a five-year impact assessment of the government’s proposed tax credit changes,...
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27 Oct 15
Chancellor George Osborne has said the Treasury will look at ways of compensating people who are set to lose out through tax credit changes after the House of Lords yesterday voted to stall the...
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20 Oct 15
The Treasury has defended controversial proposals to further cut spending on tax credits, saying reforms introduced since 2010 are projected to save £15bn by 2016/17.
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22 Jun 15
David Cameron has today pledged to end the “merry-go-round” of low-paid workers having their wages taxed but then receiving in-work benefits such as tax credits.
13 Mar 20The chancellor has delayed planned changes to a tax credit the government had previously identified as being subject to fraud.
2 Nov 18HM Revenue and Customs is struggling to control tax credit fraud and the “cracks are showing”, MPs have said.
27 Apr 16Auditors have called for improvements to how government manages the welfare cap after finding that failure to account correctly for the impact of tax credit cuts led to errors in last summer’s...
11 Nov 15MPs have called on the government to pause planned tax credit cuts to allow for development of a more thorough reform to the system.
2 Nov 15Work and pensions committee chair Frank Field has written to chancellor George Osborne to urge him to publish a five-year impact assessment of the government’s proposed tax credit changes,...
27 Oct 15Chancellor George Osborne has said the Treasury will look at ways of compensating people who are set to lose out through tax credit changes after the House of Lords yesterday voted to stall the...
20 Oct 15The Treasury has defended controversial proposals to further cut spending on tax credits, saying reforms introduced since 2010 are projected to save £15bn by 2016/17.
22 Jun 15David Cameron has today pledged to end the “merry-go-round” of low-paid workers having their wages taxed but then receiving in-work benefits such as tax credits.
