A working couple with three children could lose £978 a year if benefits are uprated by earnings

Income loss in 2023-24 if benefits are

uprated by earnings not inflation

Receiving child benefit

Universal credit

Employment & Support Allowance

-200

0

-1,000

-800

-600

-400

1 child family -£52

2 child family -£86

Single unemployed adult -£185

Single disabled adult -£324

Single disabled adult -£380

Working single parent - 1 child -£478

Working couple renting - 2 children -£752

Working couple not renting - 3 children -£978

Income loss in 2023-24 if benefits are uprated by earnings not inflation

Receiving child benefit

Universal credit

Employment & Support Allowance

-200

0

-1,000

-800

-600

-400

1 child family -£52

2 child family -£86

Single unemployed adult -£185

Single disabled adult -£324

Single disabled adult -£380

Working single parent - 1 child -£478

Working couple renting - 2 children -£752

Working couple not renting - 3 children -£978

Guardian graphic. Source: Resolution Foundation calculations. Notes: Single parent with one child in work is assumed to be renting, working at least 20 hours a week and earning NLW, and having a child born after 6th April 2017. Working couple with two children are assumed to be renting, working at least 20 hours a week and earning NLW, and having two children born after 6 April 2017