The NSPCC, Action for Children and The Children’s Society have warned that the most vulnerable families will be disproportionately affected by tax and benefit changes and are likely to be £3,000 worse of each year by 2015.
The three charities asked Landman Economics to measure the number of families with children in Britain who are most vulnerable to adverse economic conditions and how these families will be affected by the changes to tax and benefits, cuts to public services and the on-going effects of the economic downturn.
The study defined vulnerability as households affected by worklessness, poor housing, lack of qualifications, mental health problems, illness or disability, low income and material deprivation and used the the 2007 Cabinet Office Family and Children Study as a basis.
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