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Welfare Tax Credits

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Question for Department for Work and Pensions

UIN 4351, tabled on 25 June 2015

Question

Peter Kyle
Labour
Hove
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of removing tax credits on in-work poverty in Hove.

Answer

Priti Patel
Conservative
Witham
Commons

Answered on

30 June 2015

The Government’s commitment to make savings from the welfare budget was set out in its election manifesto. Further details will be announced in due course.

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Department for Work and Pensions
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