But the decision to announce
the scrapping of child benefits for parents earning over # 44,000 dominated proceedings, with right - wing media outlets and much of the Tory rank - and - file reacting angrily to the proposal.
The party did this with
a scrapping of child benefits for those earning over # 44,000.
Not exact matches
But on the basics
of tax and spend, they have persistently made non-progressive choices - tax cuts that disproportionately
benefit the rich;
scrapping the
Child Trust Fund; phasing out tuition fees.
Child benefit should be
scrapped to cut the amount
of the welfare budget going to middle classes, a think tank has recommended.
He's not due to address the party conference until tomorrow but his decision to
scrap child benefit for higher - rate taxpayers has prompted an angry backlash and he's been defending it stoutly (unlike the
children's minister Tim Loughton, who told Channel 4 News last night that the decision may be reconsidered and that «if the thresholds need to be adjusted there's plenty
of time to look at that».)
Instead
of arriving at the position
of either backing the government's welfare bill or forever being depicted as the friend
of the scrounger, shadow ministers should have been making a big argument about the regressive nature
of the Budget, the lamentable symbolism
of effectively
scrapping child poverty targets and the removal
of in - work
benefits to those eponymous hard - working families.
Former leader Charles Kennedy rebelled against the leader's desire to
scrap the unaffordable policy
of scrapping tuition fees and Steve Webb MP rebelled against the suggestion that
child benefit might be means - tested.
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Liberals: Create a flexible parental
benefits plan allowing parents to receive
benefits in smaller blocks
of time — for example, once every two weeks rather than once per month — and make it possible for parents to take a longer leave — up to 18 months when combined with maternity benefits, although at a lower benefit level;
scrap the Universal
Child Care
Benefit for the wealthiest families, and instead introduce the Canada
Child Benefit that will give the majority
of families up to $ 2,500 more, tax - free, every year (typically for a family
of four).
The Liberals explained their decision to
scrap CCTB and UCCB and replace it with the Canada
Child Benefit by stating that: «Canada's existing child benefit system is complicated, consisting of a tax - free, income - tested Canada Child Tax Benefit with two components (the base benefit and the National Child Benefit supplement) and a taxable Universal Child Care Benefit received by all families, regardless of in
Child Benefit by stating that: «Canada's existing child benefit system is complicated, consisting of a tax - free, income - tested Canada Child Tax Benefit with two components (the base benefit and the National Child Benefit supplement) and a taxable Universal Child Care Benefit received by all families, regardless of
Benefit by stating that: «Canada's existing
child benefit system is complicated, consisting of a tax - free, income - tested Canada Child Tax Benefit with two components (the base benefit and the National Child Benefit supplement) and a taxable Universal Child Care Benefit received by all families, regardless of in
child benefit system is complicated, consisting of a tax - free, income - tested Canada Child Tax Benefit with two components (the base benefit and the National Child Benefit supplement) and a taxable Universal Child Care Benefit received by all families, regardless of
benefit system is complicated, consisting
of a tax - free, income - tested Canada
Child Tax Benefit with two components (the base benefit and the National Child Benefit supplement) and a taxable Universal Child Care Benefit received by all families, regardless of in
Child Tax
Benefit with two components (the base benefit and the National Child Benefit supplement) and a taxable Universal Child Care Benefit received by all families, regardless of
Benefit with two components (the base
benefit and the National Child Benefit supplement) and a taxable Universal Child Care Benefit received by all families, regardless of
benefit and the National
Child Benefit supplement) and a taxable Universal Child Care Benefit received by all families, regardless of in
Child Benefit supplement) and a taxable Universal Child Care Benefit received by all families, regardless of
Benefit supplement) and a taxable Universal
Child Care Benefit received by all families, regardless of in
Child Care
Benefit received by all families, regardless of
Benefit received by all families, regardless
of income.