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Child benefit

Asked about the threshold hold for child benefit coming down, the PMS stated that the Prime Minister had addressed the question in his press conference. The PMS explained that commitments about tax thresholds and policy would be set out by the Chancellor.

In response to the suggestion that the Secretary of State for the Department for Work and Pensions had not been consulted on plans for child benefit, the PMS replied that discussions with relevant ministers had started before the Budget. Usually such discussions take place between the department and the Treasury, but on this occasion it had also involved other ministers such as the Deputy Prime Minister.

Asked if there would be re-profiling of the Budget, the PMS said that this set the direction of policy on spending. The spending envelope had been set at the time of the Budget.

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