Claim: Tax credits originally cost £1.1bn. Now they've reached £30bn.
Fact-check: Tax credits: how much has spending increased in 16 years? - Full Fact
Verdict: this figure only covers half a year, when the first tax credits were introduced in 1999. they cost over £4bn in their first full year compared to £28bn today.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Joseph O'Leary
Date published: 2015-07-22T00:00:00