A working single parent with one child would lose £478, and a working couple with three children would lose £978.
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The decision will be made by Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on October 31, but the Government has so far refused to rule out uprating benefits in line with earnings.warned that the decision would amount to a real-terms cut of £1,000 a year for families on Universal Credit.More than three million households would be set to lose more than £500, the think tank warned.
A couple with one child only receiving Child Benefit would lose £52 a year, while a single disabled adult onAdam Corlett, principal economist at the Resolution Foundation, said: “These cuts would come at a time when families are already set to struggle with rising prices, soaring mortgages, and the end of temporary support schemes.
Imran Hussain, director of policy and campaigns at Action for Children, told Manchester Evening News: “Anything short of raising all benefits in line with inflation will blight millions more childhoods and weaken our future economy.
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