A Leeds City Council report said the lowest ten per cent of earners were losing an estimated £12 per week. In comparison, the city’s top ten per cent of earners lost just four per cent of their income in real terms, equivalent to £46 per week. Lower earners were losing more in real terms because they spent a higher proportion of their incomes on rent, food and fuel. A report to the council’s executive board welcomed a six-month extension to the government’s Household Support Fund (HSF), which... Read this story
