Joseph Rowntree Foundation Responds to the Chancellor's Spring 2021 Budget
March 04, 2021
March 04, 2021
YORK, England, March 4 -- The Joseph Rowntree Foundation issued the following news release:
Helen Barnard said: "It is unacceptable that the Chancellor has decided to cut the incomes of millions of families by pound sterling1040-a-year in six months' time. He said this Budget would "meet the moment" but this decision creates a perfect storm for the end of this year, with the main rate of unemployment support cut to its lowest level in real terms since 1990 just as fur . . .
Helen Barnard said: "It is unacceptable that the Chancellor has decided to cut the incomes of millions of families by pound sterling1040-a-year in six months' time. He said this Budget would "meet the moment" but this decision creates a perfect storm for the end of this year, with the main rate of unemployment support cut to its lowest level in real terms since 1990 just as fur . . .