what are the new laws from april 2013

raq

Hi guys

Not sure if this has been answered.

Something I was ready in a magazine yesterday about Working families tax credits changing from April by 1%.

How does this work ? Any body got any ideas??

Thanks

LunaLady

I think it may have been talking about the fact that they will only be increasing by 1%.

speedyturtle

raq wrote: »

Hi guys

Not sure if this has been answered.

Something I was ready in a magazine yesterday about Working families tax credits changing from April by 1%.

How does this work ? Any body got any ideas??

Thanks

The government was very cunning when they brought 1% in april. They started by saying that it would hit people on benefits where as it would hit everyone who are working part time or are on low income. I still remember people here saying that it would only effect people on benefits and rightly so but i now they would find that they are gonna be hit twice.

shedboy94

speedyturtle wrote: »

The government was very cunning when they brought 1% in april. They started by saying that it would hit people on benefits where as it would hit everyone who are working part time or are on low income. I still remember people here saying that it would only effect people on benefits and rightly so but i now they would find that they are gonna be hit twice.

How is receiving a rise in benefits being "hit twice"?

MissMoneypenny

speedyturtle wrote: »

The government was very cunning when they brought 1% in april. They started by saying that it would hit people on benefits where as it would hit everyone who are working part time or are on low income. I still remember people here saying that it would only effect people on benefits and rightly so but i now they would find that they are gonna be hit twice.

If the part timers and those on low income are claiming benefits i.e. tax credits, then they are on benefits too. It's not just the unemployed, sick or elderly, who are on benefits.

flight747

1% rise ? My gas / electricity gone up 10% and food gone up by 7% surely we should getting 17% rise ??? what about those MP's had 35% pay rise ???

Teahfc

flight747 wrote: »

1% rise ? My gas / electricity gone up 10% and food gone up by 7% surely we should getting 17% rise ??? what about those MP's had 35% pay rise ???

:rotfl:With Maths like that you would make a great MP.

PasturesNew

How can you call an increase a hit ... when people in jobs aren't getting any rise?

nannytone_2

i think people in work get more than £71 a week.

its all relative.
a 1% rise to someone on JSA is 71p a week. a 1 % rise to someone on £300 is £3. still mpt a great deal, but thats a big difference to someone that already cant afford to eat properly.

zoominatorone

flight747 wrote: »

1% rise ? My gas / electricity gone up 10% and food gone up by 7% surely we should getting 17% rise ??? what about those MP's had 35% pay rise ???

and don't forget about the people who go to work to pay the benefit bill who have had NO pay rise for the last few years:mad:

paddedjohn

Tax credits should be cut by 10/20% and JSA increased to £100 for the first 6 months of a claim, give a bit of dignity to people who lose their jobs through no fault of their own.