Thousands of Families Face Pounds 1,000 Pluge in Benefits ; Tories' Blow to Top Rate Earners
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THOUSANDS of middle class families across North Wales will lose at least pounds 1,055 a year under hardline reforms of the child benefit system unveiled yesterday.
Chancellor George Osborne announced he would axe payments to higher rate tax payers - workers on around pounds 44,000 - from 2013.See the full content of this document
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Thousands of Families Face Pounds 1,000 Pluge in Benefits ; Tories' Blow to Top Rate Earners
More than 82,155 families in the region claim the allowance, which pays out pounds 1,055 a year for one-child families and almost pounds 2,500 for those with three, and the government predicts up to 15% of them will be hit by the plans. That would mean around 12,000 households losi...
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