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Child Benefit fiasco: cuts 'unravelling' already...

The Tories have faced a storm of protest over their ill-thought-out plans to cut child benefit for some families who earn over 44K - but only if they have a non/low earning parent who looks after the children.

Obviously this goes entirely contrary to the Tories stated aims of supporting the family, so the inevitable backlash has started.

Maybe next time they should do better than working their slash-and-burn plans out on the back of an envelope the night before the party conference???

See:


David Cameron faces Tory criticism over child benefit cuts

http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2010/oct/05/child-benefit-cuts-cameron-osborne


Child benefit row: David Cameron holds out promise of tax credits for couples

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/conservative/8043087/Child-benefit-row-David-Cameron-holds-out-promise-of-tax-credits-for-couples.html

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  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    that's the spirit - never say die...
  • PhylPho
    PhylPho Posts: 1,443 Forumite
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    I prefer to regard the current administration as the 'coalition government' regardless of headlines or comments seeking to vilify a particular component of that administration.

    As one who has so far admired the government's conduct, it's come as something of a disappointment to see such ineptitude so relatively early in the administration.

    The benefit calculation should of course have been done on the basis of household income. And a government with a functioning brain cell would (a) have realised that and (b) easily predicted the public reaction to getting something so simple, so wrong.
  • I'd get over it if I were you Carol. Either that or do something constructive about it rather than continually posting the same stuff time and time again.
    Set your goals high, and don't stop till you get there.
    Bo Jackson
  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    chucky wrote: »
    that's the spirit - never say die...

    On the contrary, I'm enjoying the govt's discomfiture immensely...

    Can't say I didn't warn them. :)
  • dopester
    dopester Posts: 4,890 Forumite
    edited 5 October 2010 at 9:28AM
    I'd should link you to the Guardian artcile where the journo is mostly getting slated in the comments for his whining - wanting sympathy for him and his 5 kids - but I can't get to grips with this browser (history urls) and haven't yet reinstalled firefox on this fresh O/S install.

    And I've read that Mumsnet thread and it doesn't seem "99% against the cuts" to me. There are some very funny posts on it. Like the woman who gave up work and thinks the Tories are against her idea of "rewarding ambition" in their quest to have ever more children.

    Also even if opinion is weighted against the cut on that thread, then it is a thread of mothers/parents with house-hold incomes over the threshold who are doing most of the complaining. Not entirely balanced.
  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    I'd get over it if I were you Carol. Either that or do something constructive about it rather than continually posting the same stuff time and time again.

    Er..hardly again and again.

    All brand new shiny news, hot off the press this very morning.

    If you find it boring, can I suggest you read a different thread? The clue's in the name - easy to skip over... :)
  • carolt
    carolt Posts: 8,531 Forumite
    dopester wrote: »
    I'd should link you to the Guardian artcile where the journo is mostly getting slated in the comments for his whining - wanting sympathy for him and his 5 kids - but I can't get to grips with this browser and haven't yet reinstalled firefox on this fresh O/S install.

    And I've read that Mumsnet thread and it doesn't seem "99% against the cuts" to me. There are some very funny posts on it. Like the woman who gave up work and thinks the Tories are against her idea of "rewarding ambition" in their quest to have ever more children.

    Also even if opinion is weighted against the cut on that thread, then it is a thread of mothers/parents with house-hold incomes over the threshold who are doing most of the complaining. Not entirely balanced.

    There's more than 1 thread - were you reading the v long one?
  • ILW
    ILW Posts: 18,333 Forumite
    Funny the way the relatively comfotable start squealing as soon as they think they may lose a few quid from their benefits whilst at the same time thinking everyone else should make sacrifices.
  • ukcarper
    ukcarper Posts: 17,337 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    I agree it’s ill thought out will you be happy if they make it £44k household income.
  • dopester
    dopester Posts: 4,890 Forumite
    Yes; something like 80 posts on it or so, when I read it a couple of hours ago.
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