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» Thursday, March 22, 2012

Child Benefit

Asked whether the final decision on child benefit had been taken, the PMS said that the Government set out its position in the Budget.

Asked whether the Chancellor believed he had removed unfairness from the child benefit scheme, the PMS said that the Government thought it was fair for people on higher incomes to make some contribution to the consolidation of the country’s finances.

Asked whether the Budget showed that the country was still ‘all in it together’, the PMS said that the Budget was very transparent on the impact of the measures taken. The Government was trying to be as fair as possible when taking the tough decisions needed to reduce the deficit.

Asked whether the Government was still committed to eradicating child poverty, the PMS said that the commitment was set out in law. The Government had said that looking purely at relative income measures was not the best way of analysing poverty and we needed to look at other measures of deprivation.

Asked whether changes to child benefit would be debated as part of the Finance Bill before introduction in Jan 2013, the PMS said that they would.

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