Jason Zadrozny Hits out at Governments Disgraceful Tax Credit Record

4.42.21pm BST (GMT +0100) Tue 29th May 2007

Local Liberal Democrat Councillor Jason Zadrozny has hit out at the government's disgraceful tax credit record after the government published records showing they overpaid £2.7 million of tax credits in three years to residents of Ashfield (the highest in Nottinghamshire) and wrongly paid out over £9 billion across the country.

At the same time they failed to pay over 2000 Ashfield families the tax credit awards they were entitled to. This amounted to a massive underpayment of £1.1 million.

Local Lib Dem Jason Zadrozny, said,

"The government's record on tax credits here in Ashfield is a disgrace. Gordon Brown has presided over a tax credits fiasco that is of his own making.

"Not only have taxpayers in Ashfield lost out, but the government is now trying to claw back money from people on very low incomes - even when it was government mistakes which led to the errors.

"The government has overpaid residents of Ashfield £2.7 million, and underpaid others £1.1 million

"The government's shambolic tax credit system leads to uncertainty for many families in Ashfield as they have no way of knowing what they will receive. I am campaigning for a simple system of fixed term awards of six months so that families know what they are getting and get what they are entitled to."