Sentences with phrase «child benefit cuts»

There are reports that Cameron has told Osborne to find # 500 million to soften the blow from child benefit cuts, and this will be only one of several measures the government will take to reduce the harshness of austerity.

Coalition in disarray over child benefit cuts as Clegg admits government is looking to better proposals

«David Cameron tried to dismiss genuine concern about child benefit cuts with a single throw away line.

We currently have a Tory leadership defending pensioner benefits against all - comers while fighting for child benefit cuts on the grounds that «it is very difficult to justify continuing to pay for the child benefit of the wealthiest 15 per cent of families in society».

Yet pretty much every major cut so far has been targeted specifically at children: new schools & playgrounds scrapped, Child Trust Fund scrapped, free school meals extension scrapped etc., and now Child Benefit cut.

The Conservatives are releasing polling demonstrating the popularity of the coalition's child benefit cuts in a bid to forestall criticism of the move.

Mr Cameron referred back directly to the row over the child benefit cut, saying it was «fair» that high earners take on some of the burden.

The child benefit cut formed the centrepiece of an # 18 billion plan to cut welfare by removing many handouts for the middle classes.

«The child benefit cut is a tax on children.

But while the child benefit cut will make a big difference to the lives of already struggling families it will make almost no difference to Britain's huge public sector deficit.

This week, Balls asked his first question on child benefit cuts, a (perfectly legitimate) theme Labour MPs had already asked the Chancellor about.

And they may soon be joined by a Labour Party that wants wealthy pensioners to lose out on similar grounds, but that is opposed to the child benefit cuts.

The child benefit cuts were outlined at the Tory Party Conference earlier this month as part of the biggest overhaul of the welfare system in 60 years.

Ms Eagle said: «There are press reports saying that a source in HM Treasury is saying the child benefit cut is unenforceable and will be dropped.

• He strongly defended the child benefit cut.

On BBC Breakfast, when Cameron was asked about the child benefit cut, he pointed out that other government measures would help stay - at - home mums.

11.20 am: Tim Loughton, the Tory children's minister, has now said that he is not calling for the child benefit cut to be reviewed.

However, he failed to raise the prospect of a marriage tax break — something he and other Tories have floated this week as a possible way to offset the effects of the child benefit cut.

The child benefit cut is the moment Tories realised this is going to hurt.

11.11 am: The Tories are not planning to revise their transferable tax allowance plans so that they would benefit the higher - rate taxpayers who will lose out from the child benefit cut, I've been told.

He also said the Tories wanted to introduce a transferable tax allowance to help stay at home mothers, but aides admit this policy would not help the higher rate taxpayers losing out from the child benefit cut.