Articles Tagged: child benefits
Universal credit: Why 150,000 single working mums will be worse off
By Marianne Kavanagh, Mar 14, 2012
The charity Save the Children says that 150,000 of the country’s poorest single parents will be worse off by up to £68 a week under the Coalition Government’s new Universal Credit. This may mean that a quarter of a million children will be pushed further into poverty.
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Surviving Teenagers or why they will bankrupt you
By Marianne Kavanagh, Oct 11, 2010
There was a huge kerfuffle when George Osborne said he'd axe child benefit for higher-rate taxpayers in 2013. But there are ...
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Millions of parents could lose out in child benefit reforms
By Jenny Cornish, Jun 12, 2010
The Government is considering a radical reform of child benefits, including stopping payments to millions of families when ...
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Pregnant mother jumps off balcony with 5-month-old son after losing benefits
By Jennifer Laville, Dec 4, 2009
A young mother's struggle with the benefits system ended in tragedy as she plunged from the balcony of her sister's ...
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