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Case with the budget there's a lot of fun picking of the numbers and looking at the nitty—gritty of what it really means. looking at the nitty-gritty of what it really means.— joining me now from northern ireland is caroline rice. she's a single parent and has been claiming universal credit since being made redundant over the summer. thanks for being with us. to be clear you are out of work and claiming universal credit. as a result the taper is not can help you the changes today?— the changes today? know i lost my 'ob last the changes today? know i lost my job last august _ the changes ...

But campaigners and charities — say the amount doesn't address wider issues of cost of living or help those who are on benefits and out of work. 0ur social affairs editor, alison holt, is here. this is a measure of good news for some of those people, not all but some of those people, not all but some of those people, not all but some of those people who are you on universal credit.— universal credit. that's exactly ri . ht. universal credit. that's exactly right- it's _ universal credit. that's exactly right. it's targeted _ universal credit. that's exactly right. it's targeted at - univer...

That to a tune of about £1000 a year. i think the thing we should compare that with his the £20 uplift which was ended at the beginning of this month was up and that benefited everyone who received universal credit, it was about 5.5, 5.8 million people who benefited from it by about £20 a week. put so a lot of the charities and organisations in this area are saying 0k, the charities and organisations in this area are saying ok, that's fine, you're helping people in work but there are lots of people unable to work. for instance people with disabilities who may be facing much higher say heati...

Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the chancellor rishi sunak has delivered his budget — saying it's preparing the uk for a post—covid era of optimism. mr sunak also announced the results of the spending review, revealing how much each government department will receive in the three years from april 2022. let's take a look at some of the measures. the chancellor announced changes to universal credit — which will mean working people who receive it will keep more of their earnings. the taper — the amount of taxpayer help people lose as their e...

Actually seeing a big expansion of the savior by rishi sunak. also expanding their tax burden to its highest level since the 1950s. just to look at some of those measures bit by bit, you've got one of the biggest measures which was increasing spending for no austerity even for unprotected departments. boosting departmental spending by £24.8 billion. the universal credit measures that we've been talking about, that's improving the taper where you take money away from people when they are in money and also boosting the amount they can earn before you withdraw the benefit, that cost £2.2 billio...