Search results for ‘child benefit’
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FactCheck: Can the government hit child poverty targets?
“After much prevarication, government spokesmen have told us the 2020 targets still stand, including that irksome pledge to have fewer than 10 per cent of the nation’s children living in households that earn 60 per cent of the nation median.”
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Parents arrested after children die in Derby house fire
The parents of six children killed in an arson attack at their home are arrested on suspicion of murder.
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Parenting classes will only benefit ‘worried well’
A new government scheme will offer parenting advice, but the former director of Sure Start tells Channel 4 News it will not benefit the parents who need support as other children’s services are cut.
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Who benefits from radical special needs reforms?
New reforms propose giving parents more responsibility for their children’s care, but there are concerns that thousands will be taken off the special needs register. Channel 4 News reports.
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‘I can’t believe I’m being forced on to benefits’
A low-income family tells Channel 4 News changes to tax credits will encourage them to give up work and sign on the dole.
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‘Quarter of a million children pushed into poverty’
An overhaul of the benefits system risks pushing 250,000 children into poverty, warns a leading children’s charity. The changes could mean 150,000 working single mothers losing £68 a week.
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Families ‘better on benefits’, admits minister
Some couples will be hundreds of pounds better off if they quit their jobs and stay on benefits, Chris Grayling admits.
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Families ‘£580 worse off’ after tax and benefit changes
Ed Miliband has warned that the so-called “squeezed middle” are set to feel the pinch even more thanks to changes in the tax and benefits system.
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Breakfast club boom reveals reality of child poverty
A charity that provides free breakfasts to primary schools tells Channel 4 News it has seen a four-fold rise in its waiting list in the last four months, amid fears child poverty is on the rise.
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FactCheck: Is Cameron cutting disabled benefits?
“The Honourable Lady is not wrong. But Mr Cameron was only telling half the story when he said: “We are not cutting benefits for disabled children.”
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Government heavily defeated over Child Support Agency
The government’s plans to charge single parents for using the Child Support Agency are defeated in the House of Lords.
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The benefits cap explained
With the House of Lords voting on the proposed £26,000 benefits cap, Channel 4 News looks at how the government’s plans will affect people across the country.
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Benefits system reform clash expected
The House of Lords is on course for a confrontation with ministers as the upper house votes on the government’s proposed benefits reform.
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Government defeated on benefits cap vote
The government is defeated in the House of Lords on its plans to cap the amount non-working households receive in benefits. Channel 4 News analyses the plans.
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Number of children on antipsychotic drugs doubles
The number of children – some as young as five – being prescribed powerful antipsychotic drugs has doubled in the past 10 years, according to an investigation by Channel 4 News.