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Child Benefit

Asked whether the Prime Minister was rowing back’ on the issue of capping child benefit, the PMOS said that she did not agree with this premise and said that that Prime Minister had made clear his position in his interview (in the House magazine); and that this was a matter for the Chancellor.

Asked then whether the Prime Minister was indeed concerned about a cliff edge’ and whether he would therefore change the policy, she replied that this was something that he had spoken about previously and there was still time to look at the issue before change comes in.

Asked whether Jeremy Hunt was correct to say that there was a review of the issue, she said that we have said previously that we would look at the issues. Then asked whether No 10 or the Prime Minister had sanctioned’ Jeremy Hunt’s comments, she replied that Jeremy Hunt was a member of the Government and entitled to give interviews.

Asked whether the Prime Minister thought that the proposals were unfair to mothers who stay at home, she said he had spoken about the cliff edge’ issue before but he was clear that top earners should pay their share. Pressed on whether the Government would consider tapering child benefit proposals, she said that the Prime Minster had made his position clear in his interview; she would not pre-empt the Chancellor’s Budget.

Asked whether any proposals would be revenue neutral, the PMOS said that this would be a matter for the Chancellor but we were clear that we need to pay down the deficit.

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