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Horace · 04-10-2010, 12:45

The only reason this wasn't done earlier was political with parties not wishing to lose votes from mainly middle-class areas, often marginal for both Labour and Conservative. I always thought the argument that it guaranteed an income for mothers verses abusive/negligent husbands was hogwash - this move confirms it.

04-10-2010, 12:45	#27
Horace ©Beam Software Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Teesside Services: BB (200mbit), 1x V6, iPad, iPhone Posts: 1,411	Re: Child Benefit Scrapped For Higher Rate Tax Payers From 2013 The only reason this wasn't done earlier was political with parties not wishing to lose votes from mainly middle-class areas, often marginal for both Labour and Conservative. I always thought the argument that it guaranteed an income for mothers verses abusive/negligent husbands was hogwash - this move confirms it.