BIRKENHEAD MP Frank Field has written to Chancellor George Osborne asking to help protect low-paid families from the impact of tax credit cuts.
According to the Liverpool City Region Child Poverty and Life Chances Commission, 79,900 Merseyside families working for low wages will see their tax credits cut from next April.
The commission found the five worst affected towns in Merseyside are Knowsley - 7,500 families, Walton - 6,700, West Derby, - 6,700 , Bootle - 6,400 and Birkenhead - 6,200.
Many will lose more than £2,500 from their annual income despite striving to make ends meet. Mr Field said: "Almost 80,000 mums and dads in Merseyside will come home from work just before Christmas to find they've received a letter from the Chancellor telling them that they are going to be thousands of pounds worse off next year because their tax credits – which they've earned by striving in low paid work – will be cut."
"I have therefore submitted to George Osborne a mitigation policy, at nil cost to the Treasury, which would protect the lowest paid and their children while the National Living Wage is phased in."
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