Tax Credits

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Treasury – in the House of Commons at 10:30 am on 12 July 2007.

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Photo of David Taylor David Taylor Labour, North West Leicestershire 10:30, 12 July 2007

The Institute for Fiscal Studies is hardly a cheerleader for our party, but its assessment of the Budget in this regard is broadly very positive indeed. The IFS indicated that of the 10 deciles of income where it had assessed the impact the lowest two had benefited most from the changes. However, will the Chancellor respond to the IFS's one observation of concern, which is that those who lost out due to the changes were disproportionately low-earning, single people, with no dependent children? Will he promote take-up—

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