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| Tory conference: Tax credit cuts to go ahead, says David Cameron | Tory conference: Tax credit cuts to go ahead, says David Cameron |
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| Cuts to in-work tax credits will go ahead, Prime Minister David Cameron has said, despite calls from within his own party to think again. | Cuts to in-work tax credits will go ahead, Prime Minister David Cameron has said, despite calls from within his own party to think again. |
| The PM told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show the cuts were part of wider reforms that would leave people better off. | The PM told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show the cuts were part of wider reforms that would leave people better off. |
| "The changes we have put forward are right and they come with higher pay and lower taxes," he argued. | "The changes we have put forward are right and they come with higher pay and lower taxes," he argued. |
| But critics, including ex-Tory minister David Willetts, say millions of working families will be left out of pocket. | But critics, including ex-Tory minister David Willetts, say millions of working families will be left out of pocket. |
| In other highlights from his Marr interview: | In other highlights from his Marr interview: |
| The TUC is planning what it claims will be a 70,000 strong march against austerity in Manchester later, as the Conservatives gather in the city for their annual conference. | The TUC is planning what it claims will be a 70,000 strong march against austerity in Manchester later, as the Conservatives gather in the city for their annual conference. |
| Analysis: the government's welfare changes | Analysis: the government's welfare changes |
| National living wage unveiled | National living wage unveiled |
| What are tax credits and how do they work? | What are tax credits and how do they work? |
| Who will be affected? | Who will be affected? |
| Institute for Fiscal Studies on welfare spending | Institute for Fiscal Studies on welfare spending |
| More than three million low paid workers will be told just before Christmas how much they will lose from the changes to tax credits. | |
| Former Conservative minister David Willetts has urged Mr Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne to look again at the changes - a view supported by Labour MP Frank Field and Conservative MP Boris Johnson. | Former Conservative minister David Willetts has urged Mr Cameron and Chancellor George Osborne to look again at the changes - a view supported by Labour MP Frank Field and Conservative MP Boris Johnson. |
| The Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned it is "arithmetically impossible" for nobody to lose out under the changes, while another think tank, The Resolution Foundation, said more than a million households will lose an average of £1,350 a year. | The Institute for Fiscal Studies has warned it is "arithmetically impossible" for nobody to lose out under the changes, while another think tank, The Resolution Foundation, said more than a million households will lose an average of £1,350 a year. |
| IFS director Paul Johnson told BBC News the move to a living wage was a "big change" but "not a big enough change to compensate most of those who are receiving tax credits. | |
| "The scale of that change in terms of the numbers of billions of pounds of additional pay just isn't as big as the number of billions of pounds of benefits being taken away, even when you take account of some of the tax changes," he added. | |
| 'Better system' | 'Better system' |
| But Mr Cameron told the Andrew Marr Show the introduction of the National Living Wage and continued increases to the personal tax allowance would protect the poorest. | |
| He said: "We have had the vote in Parliament on tax credits and I think people respect this argument that the National Living Wage - a 50p increase next year, so a £20-a-week pay rise, rising to £9 by the end of this Parliament - that is a very significant change that really helps to make work pay rather than a tax credit system that recycles money back to people." | He said: "We have had the vote in Parliament on tax credits and I think people respect this argument that the National Living Wage - a 50p increase next year, so a £20-a-week pay rise, rising to £9 by the end of this Parliament - that is a very significant change that really helps to make work pay rather than a tax credit system that recycles money back to people." |
| He said the UK was moving to a "better system" where people pay less in tax and keep more of the money they earn but "difficult decisions" had to be made to tackle the deficit and protect the NHS and education. | He said the UK was moving to a "better system" where people pay less in tax and keep more of the money they earn but "difficult decisions" had to be made to tackle the deficit and protect the NHS and education. |
| Asked about a possible further review ahead of next month's Autumn Statement, Mr Cameron said: "No, we think the changes we have put forward are right and they come with higher pay and lower taxes." | |
| Giving Labour's reaction to the prime minister's comments on tax credits, shadow minister Jonathan Ashworth said: "David Cameron has shown that his promises to stand up for working families are a complete farce." | Giving Labour's reaction to the prime minister's comments on tax credits, shadow minister Jonathan Ashworth said: "David Cameron has shown that his promises to stand up for working families are a complete farce." |
| He said the PM's promises on a seven-day NHS had been made before and not delivered and the PM had "refused to come clean" in his Marr interview about when he was "informed directly" about the non-dom tax status of former Conservative Party donor Lord Ashcroft. | He said the PM's promises on a seven-day NHS had been made before and not delivered and the PM had "refused to come clean" in his Marr interview about when he was "informed directly" about the non-dom tax status of former Conservative Party donor Lord Ashcroft. |
| Trade Union Bill | |
| Mr Cameron appeared to offer an olive branch to trade unions angry at plans to raise strike ballot thresholds, describing their offer of a compromise involving the introduction of electronic voting as "interesting". | Mr Cameron appeared to offer an olive branch to trade unions angry at plans to raise strike ballot thresholds, describing their offer of a compromise involving the introduction of electronic voting as "interesting". |
| "The trade unions are accepting these thresholds are right, that you shouldn't have damaging strikes that close schools or shut hospitals or stop underground systems working, you shouldn't have those things without a proper turnout of voters," he told Andrew Marr. | "The trade unions are accepting these thresholds are right, that you shouldn't have damaging strikes that close schools or shut hospitals or stop underground systems working, you shouldn't have those things without a proper turnout of voters," he told Andrew Marr. |
| But he added: "The Speaker of the House of Commons did put together a commission to look at electronic voting and the conclusion of that commission was that it wasn't safe from fraud. So I think there are problems with that approach." | But he added: "The Speaker of the House of Commons did put together a commission to look at electronic voting and the conclusion of that commission was that it wasn't safe from fraud. So I think there are problems with that approach." |
| Mr Cameron suggested controversial parts of the Bill such as a requirement for people on pickets to wear armbands and to have social media posts vetted in advance could be reviewed. | Mr Cameron suggested controversial parts of the Bill such as a requirement for people on pickets to wear armbands and to have social media posts vetted in advance could be reviewed. |
| "All these measures in the legislation can be discussed as they go through Parliament," he told Andrew Marr. | "All these measures in the legislation can be discussed as they go through Parliament," he told Andrew Marr. |
| Mr McCluskey vowed to fight "deeply divisive" Trade Union Bill by any means, warning: "If that pushes us outside the law, then it will be the prime minister's responsibility for the outcomes of that." | |