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6 September 2010
New TUC analysis of the Government's proposed 10 per cent housing benefit cut for adults who have been claiming Jobseeker's Allowance (JSA) for more than 12 months, reveals that at least 194,000 unemployed adults will lose nearly £500 a year if the cut is introduced.
The research - which will inform the TUC's submission to the Work and Pensions Select Committee's consultation on housing benefit reforms - finds that the cut will have a big impact on some of the UK's most vulnerable people.
Evidence suggests that disabled workers, lone parents and people who have recent experience of homelessness are among the groups of people most likely to find themselves long-term unemployed, and therefore affected by this policy.
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