Immigration and the UK-EU relationship Migrants and benefits Michael O’Connor

Numbers of EU workers in the UK

' Out of work' Getting Working Tax Credit because of low earnings and Child Tax Credit too “When we came to office in 2010 this country had reached a point where a benefit that was intended to support lower income households, was instead available to 9 out of 10 families in this country” George Osborne, Summer Budget 2015 Speech

Note: HMRC classify families with no one working more than 16 hours a week as out of work. Source: HMRC Child and Working Tax Credits finalised awards , May 2015

Immigration and the UK-EU relationship Migrants and benefits Michael O’Connor