'Children At Risk' From Tax Credit Cuts

Children in Fife could be put at risk if the Westminster government goes ahead with welfare cuts.

Chancellor George Osborne is expected to announce cuts to working tax credits during an emergency budget on Wednesday. Around 38,500 families in the Kingdom claim the benefit,where nearly 1 in 5 children live in poverty, according to most recent figures.

Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland Ian Murray said:
 
"During the general election the Prime Minister promised the ‘good life’ for families across the UK. At the last election they promised and failed to be ‘the most family friendly Government ever’.  Now his Government are ready to slash vital support for Scottish families. The coming Tory Budget looks set to hit working families the hardest, at the same time as the Chancellor is refusing to rule out yet another tax cut for millionaires.
 
"With thousands of families in Scotland struggling from week the week the absolute last people the Chancellor should target is low income families, but instead his plans to slash welfare puts nearly 300,000 families, and over half a million children, in Scotland at risk. Labour introduced tax credits to lift the incomes of working people and make work pay.  It worked. Last week we saw shocking statistics which saw over 200,000 children in Scotland living in poverty – on what planet does slashing tax credits help those kids?"