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Weekly Edition - Published 27 June 2015

 

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417,800 In work families face cuts to £125.02 average weekly Tax Credits

GOVERNMENT must raise Tax thresholds and insist that employers pay a living wage to compensate for the losses for these lower paid workers says GMB.  GMB is calling on Government to raise Tax thresholds and insist that employers pay a living wage to compensate 417,800 in work families in the North West who face cuts to the average of £125.02 weekly Tax Credits they now receive. In the region the total paid is £2.7 billion per year.

Over the weekend Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne stepped up press briefings on in advance of in the post election budget, on 8 July 2015. The latest figures show that in April 2015 there were 3,277,300 families in the UK in receipt of these in work benefits. Latest figures show that they got an average of £123.90 per week or £6,443 per annum. The total amount added these families spending power is £21.15 billion for the UK as a whole.

In Lancashire an average of £124.52 per week is paid in child Tax Credits (CTC) and working Tax Credits (WTC) to 69,900 families. This is a total of over £452m per year. This is the biggest amount paid in any of the 23 areas in the region.

Next biggest is Manchester where 34,400 families get an average of £138.96 per week or £255.8 million per year, followed by Liverpool where 28,200 families get an average £119.70 per week or £174.7 million per year, followed by Cumbria where 25,100 families get an average of £111.52 or £145.5 million per year.

See the table below for the numbers in receipt of Tax Credits in each of the 23 areas in regions, with average weekly amounts paid and total amount paid per year in the region.

Numbers of working families in North West Tax England who receive Tax Credits

Area Total families - in work families Average weekly value: All in work families Annual amount being put into the local economy by in work Tax Credits
United Kingdom 3,277,300 £123.90 £21,115,643,900
North West 417,800 £125.02 £2,716,117,800
Lancashire 69,900 £124.54 £452,672,400
Manchester 35,400 £138.96 £255,800,400
Liverpool 28,200 £119.17 £174,755,400
Cumbria 25,100 £111.52 £145,554,900
Bolton 19,400 £132.48 £133,646,600
Oldham 16,900 £144.38 £126,885,200
Wigan 19,100 £115.33 £114,542,700
Wirral 17,900 £122.58 £114,094,600
Salford 15,600 £135.87 £110,214,000
Rochdale 15,300 £134.13 £106,717,500
Tameside 15,000 £124.40 £97,035,000
Cheshire East UA 15,700 £117.21 £95,691,500
Cheshire West and Chester UA 15,700 £116.94 £95,471,700
Blackburn with Darwen UA 12,500 £141.71 £92,112,500
Stockport 14,400 £121.25 £90,792,000
Sefton 14,800 £117.21 £90,206,000
Bury 11,500 £135.48 £81,017,500
Blackpool UA 11,100 £116.46 £67,221,600
Trafford 10,200 £125.31 £66,463,200
Knowsley 10,200 £119.10 £63,168,600
Warrington UA 9,900 £116.38 £59,914,800
St. Helens 9,400 £116.35 £56,870,000
Halton UA 7,500 £121.04 £47,205,000

Paul McCarthy, GMB Regional Secretary, said:- "The elephant in the Downing Street Cabinet Room is still cuts to in work Tax Credits. Such cuts may be the cost of a large brandy for Cameron but are bread and butter for many working families.  Government must raise Tax thresholds and insist that employers pay a living wage to compensate for the losses for these lower paid workers."

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