Unemployed have lost the most across all budgets since 2009

Some of the country’s most vulnerable jobless households fared worst in October’s budget and over all budgets from 2009, a leading think tank has found.

The Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) found the single unemployed household with no children and the unemployed couple lost out in Budget 2016, as well as in all eight annual budgets.

The Coalition had billed its Budget 2016 as a family-friendly budget that will bring an end to the crisis years.