Tax credit extension for under-25s
Working tax credits will be available to single under-25s for the first time, the Government is expected to announce this week.
Welfare minister Lord Freud told the Sun on Sunday the reform, part of the Universal Credit roll-out, would give those in work “much needed extra help”.
However, another Universal Credit reform has been criticised by a new study, which has warned paying housing benefit directly to claimants rather than to landlords could lead to 1m falling into debt.