Child benefit scrapped for high earners

[FiveTimes]

So single income family of > £44k gets hit, yet a dual income family with both earning ~ £30K still get the benefit.

Its going to be tough to explain that one

[EternalOptimist]

So single income family of > £44k gets hit, yet a dual income family with both earning ~ £30K still get the benefit.

Its going to be tough to explain that one

There is also a massive difference between a family on 44k in the SE and a family on 44k oop North somewhere

[MrMark]

There is also a massive difference between a family on 44k in the SE and a family on 44k oop North somewhere

I hear an echo around here!

[EternalOptimist]

I hear an echo around here!

oops.

i meant to say 'Hear hear Mr Mark'

[Spacecadet]

There is also a massive difference between a family on 44k in the SE and a family on 44k oop North somewhere

Hush!
You want them whiny feckers moving up here?

[MarillionFan]

Hush!
You want them whiny feckers moving up here?

Can you still buy a house for 20k up North and do you still get a free flat cap & whippet. Also, is it optional to beat your wife?

[MrMark]

I wonder if the point at which we start to pay higher rate tax, could possibly change in the future?

[Alf W]

It won't happen. It's a cheap Tory Conference Week soundbite. By 2013 we'll all be reminded about how they've done such a good job that they won't be having to implement this and a large cheer will go up from the gullible.

Feck off Cameron and Osborne

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[Spacecadet]

Can you still buy a house for 20k up North and do you still get a free flat cap & whippet. Also, is it optional to beat your wife?

Thanks to labour its more like £50k now
2 bedroom terraced house for sale in WARD STREET MOSTON MANCHESTER M40, M40

How the feck are we normal people supposed to afford that???

[Spacecadet]

Actually, there are <£20k houses around. Proper ones too

3 Bedroom Terraced House Property for sale in Belgrave Road, Aigburth, Liverpool, Lancashire, L17 7AG &#45; NetMovers 98492328