International Women’s Day? How Are the Worst Off Mothers and Their Kids Doing?
Meaningful reform to WFF is well over-due. There is much unconscious bias and implicit racism in the current WFF.
Home Truths About the Tricky In-Work Tax Credit
If the income from work is not in itself an incentive, and needs to be topped up by the government to make it worth the effort, then that raises ...
Working for Families Is Not a Trap, It’s a Run-Down House in Need of TLC
People should be wary of recent criticism of Working for Families (WFF) tax credits as being a poverty trap. The problem is not the system itself, ...
Supporting “Hard-Working Families”?
Why do we need tax credits? Tax credits keep the whole shebang of family income afloat. Wages are now so far behind the basic costs of living that, ...
Does the Tail Wag the Dog?