Considering the national living wage (or the new minimum wage to be more accurate) comes for those over the age of 25, this seems to be a further cut made targeting the young. Stats also show women are bearing the brunt of 80% of austerity.

Tax credits being cut may put more emphasis on employers to pay decent wages but better wages should have been followed by tax credit cuts rather than the other way round. Likewise, HB cuts may encourage the young and their families to rely less on the state but it should have followed an effective move to increase affordable housing stock and greater control over private landlords rent demands and in general for irresponsible landlords.