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