Effect on a low income family

How changes would affect a single-earner couple or lone parent (with two children) working 35 hours a week on the minimum wage

Child benefit | Net earnings | Tax credit

£4,753

£15,120

£1,828

£8,132

£13,693

£1,914

£8,504

£11,401

£1,794

£21,700

£23,738

£21,699

With changes applied

2020-21

With no policy change*

2015-16

Net income

Net earnings helped by move to

national living wage and increased

personal tax allowance

How changes would affect a single-earner couple or lone parent (with two children) working 35 hours a week on the minimum wage

Child benefit | Net earnings | Tax credit

£4,753

£15,120

£1,828

£8,132

£13,693

£1,914

£8,504

£11,401

£1,794

£21,700

£23,738

£21,699

With policy changes applied

2020-21

With no policy change*

2015-16

Net income

Net earnings helped by move to

national living wage and increased

personal tax allowance

How changes would affect a single-earner couple or lone parent (with two children) working 35 hours a week on the minimum wage

Child benefit | Net earnings | Tax credit

£4,753

£15,120

£1,828

£8,132

£13,693

£1,914

£8,504

£11,401

£1,794

£21,700

£23,738

£21,699

With policy changes applied

2020-21

With no policy change*

2015-16

Net income

Net earnings helped by move to national living wage

and increased personal tax allowance

How changes would affect a single-earner couple or lone parent (with two children) working 35 hours a week on the minimum wage

Child benefit | Net earnings | Tax credit

£4,753

£15,120

£1,828

£8,132

£13,693

£1,914

£8,504

£11,401

£1,794

£21,700

£23,738

£21,699

With policy changes applied

2020-21

With no policy change*

2015-16

Net income