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Cash clawback hits poor families worst
By Simon Vevers,
Nursery World,
30 June 2005
Children are being withdrawn from nurseries, and some nursery staff are facing acute hardship themselves, because the Inland Revenue is clawing back overpayments of tax credits running into thousands of pounds. In a report entitled Money with Your Name on It?, the Citizen's Advice Bureau (CAB) said some families are being threatened with repossession or eviction from their homes because recovery of overpaid tax credits had left them with incomes as low as £55 a week plus child benefit.
Children are being withdrawn from nurseries, and some nursery staff are facing acute hardship themselves, because the Inland Revenue is clawing...
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