Tax and benefit changes combined with lower than forecast wage growth will leave the majority of children in Britain living below the breadline by 2015, according to new TUC research.
Published to coincide with the TUC's Future for Families rally in Westminster on 13 March, the study lays bare the consequences of government austerity policies.
The need for a change of direction on the economy was the central theme of the rally, held just seven days before the Budget. Speakers at the event included TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady, general secretaries of most of the large unions, workers hit hard by austerity and Labour deputy leader Harriet Harman.
http://www.tuc.org.uk/economy/tuc-22001-f0.cfm
http://afuturethatworks.org/a-future-for-families-pre-budget-rally-in-london/
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