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Making child benefits more universal is a good idea, badly timed

1 Jul 2024

Because of the current threshold of the Child Benefit, only 50 per cent of families would receive financial support for their children by the year 2040. The Conservatives have proposed a move towards a more universal approach, and while there are very good reasons to support universalism in the child benefit system, it’s the wrong … Continued
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Alexis Papazoglou

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