Besides tax breaks for firms employing apprentices under the age of 25 and an extension of the Childcare Business Grant scheme, which offers grants to new childminders, very few measures announced by George Osborne directly benefited children and young people.
In fact, campaigners said Osborne’s decision to freeze Universal Credit work allowances will make life more difficult for already struggling families.
Alison Garnham, chief executive of Child Poverty Action Group, said the move will harm work incentives and hit low-paid families hard. “Two-thirds of poor children live in working families; we should be redistributing help towards them, not away from them,” she said.
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