A typical single parent in work with one child was due to lose £365 a year by 2020 as a result of the benefit freeze. Higher inflation means they are now set to lose £500
Annual change in income due to benefit freeze by 2020, £
Budget 2016
Pre-budget 2017
Single parent, out-of-work, one child -£415
Single, unemployed £235 worse of by 2020
Single parent, in-work, one child -£500
Couple, parents, single earner, two children -£680