New Labour may have won a mandate to continue its programme of welfare and educational reforms, but will Tony Blair's second administration prove more radical and more pro-active than the first?
Tax credits
The Tax Credit Bill, outlined in the Queen's Speech, aims to remove one million children from poverty and to create a culture where work is seen to pay. It should enable Chancellor Gordon Brown to achieve his goal of producing one single tax credit worth the same for families in or out of work by 2003.
Working Families Tax Credit, Children's Tax Credit and the Disabled Person's Tax Credit will be abolished and replaced with a new generation of tax credits. The Employment Tax Credit is for working adults on low pay whether or not they have children, and the Integrated Child Credit will cover families with children whether in work or on benefit.
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