The DWP employer survey figures quoted are in chart 3.18 of: www.gov.uk/government/p...

This analysis is useful and I agree that tax should be more consistent. However, having two young adult children in rental accommodation, I fear that landlords will just pass on the extra tax to those that rent their properties.

Of course, researchers try to make sense of this by collating lots of different DWP data releases...

But we shouldn't expect journalists to do this every month. Until DWP publish their data more clearly, we shouldn't be surprised if misleading and unforgiving headlines keep coming.

This is also not helped by the Universal Credit rules meaning claimants must have savings below £6,000.