The Chancellor suggests changing rules for free childcare eligibility and admits it could take a decade to end the current system of child benefit withdrawal. The rules are seen as unfair as they penalize single parents while allowing couples with a high joint income to still receive child benefit.
The Chancellor suggested that rules for free childcare eligibility could be changed along the same lines as is being done for child benefit. He told MPs that other measures such as childcare could also be based on household income in future in a potential boost for upper-middle-income families. Appearing in front of the Commons Treasury committee, Mr Hunt also admitted that it could take a decade to achieve his aim of ending the current system of child benefit withdrawal .
The rules are seen as unfair because they penalize single parents earning just over the threshold while allowing couples with a joint income of nearly £100,000 to still receive child benefit
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