Out-of-work households £1,600 worse off during Covid-19 due to austerity

IFS says benefits for families hit by unemployment are worth at least 10% less than in 2011

Families falling out of work during the coronavirus crisis will get £1,600 less on average in benefits than they would have done without a decade of austerity imposed by the Conservatives.

Even after taking account of emergency additions to the welfare safety net launched as the virus spread to Britain earlier this year, the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) said benefits for out-of-work households were worth 10% less than in 2011.

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