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Osborne Cuts Will Make 2.6m Families Worse Off

Around 2.6 million working families will be an average of £1,600 a year worse off because of Spending Review cuts, the IFS says.

Despite George Osborne's big announcement that he has scrapped the tax credit cuts, benefit payments will be reduced to their lowest level as a share of national income for 30 years, the respected economic organisation has said.

The Chancellor's spending review was widely welcomed as an "end to austerity" and a u-turn on the tax credit cuts that would have let 3.3m families £1,100 a year worse off.

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