The Chancellor also re-stated that working parents of three- and four-year-olds will receive 30 hours of free childcare from September 2017.
All parents of children aged three and older, including lone parents, will have to look for work if they want to claim universal credit.
‘Those who can work will be expected to look for work and take it where it is offered,’ he said.
Families with more than two children will not receive tax credits or universal credit for any subsequent children from April 2017, and people who make a new claim will only get support for two children.
There would be exceptions for multiple births.
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