Oh bless George Osborne is giving up his child benefit

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......soo all us very squeezed middle parents should feel a whole lot better.

He's written to The Daily Fail to let us all know of his sacrifice and how it is the "fair and right decision".

George would just like to ask how exactly is it fair and right that amongst the other 85 % of families who will still get child benefit there are many earning far,far more as a family than many losing it?You know those on 80,90 and even 100k.

Also if you come from another European country you'll keep it regardless of what you earn,again how is this fair or right?

You waffled on proclaiming the need for your other cuts but frankly I didn't bother reading any further as being part of a party with such blatant disregard for fairness or common sense I felt it was a waste of my time reading anything else.

Oh and being worth£4 million with a nice wallpaper million £ trust fund on top doesn't really qualify you to lecture those of us hard working families at the other end of the food chain on making sacrifices.You know those of us that have always worked hard, with zero trust fund,private education or Oxbridge network to get us on in life.Those of us that you keep clobbering time and time again.

The fact you seem to think we're all coffee drinking yummy mummies who could go without a months worth of manicures to cover our loss of CB just shows how ridiculously out of touch you really are.

Now if you'll excuse me I'm just going to put another jumper on(central heating isn't often on these days and we don't have a WFA to fall back on like many wealthy pensioners).Need to get Dp up so he can sort out his bike for work Monday.That would be the push bike he cycles many miles on each day after a demanding day of work as we've been priced out of public transport.Also need to try and eek out 3 times packed lunches for Monday from the meagre offerings in my Lidle filled cupboards as currently on day 4 of our no spend January and can't afford school dinners.

Anytime you want to give me tips on stretching our meagre budget even further in order to cover our loss of Child Benefit feel free!

Sorry, I meant top 85%.

I thought Labour were wanting to speak to the 'squeezed middle'...I have looked on their website and there is NOTHING!!

poor george and his children heart bleeds for him what a fine example he is setting for us all, what i really want to say is george fuck off under a rock

and this squeezed middle is doing my head in they are not 1 of us they are fricking millionaires I almost vomited when i saw dave cam on andrew marr this morning

hot not not...

I thought Labour were wanting to speak to the 'squeezed middle'...I have looked on their website and there is NOTHING!!

because Ed has the back bone of a slug thats why they havn't said anything

Again, argggh! Fucking cunt politicians and there cuntish policies - fuck!

I am hormonal and angry...

Who do we vote for then :(

They are all wanders

Wankers...

I may be a cynic, but I predict that the threshold will gradually creep down. No one complains much when they consider it 'the rich' who are losing it, but I think the background noise will get considerably louder when it drops to 50, then 45, 40....

Dreaming "I can't get my head round the fact that one person earning 60k takes home around £3400 per month. A couple who earn 30k each take home £3800 per month between them. How can it possibly be fair that the couple who take home more money still receive child benefit yet the other doesn't"

£30K x 2 couple has astronomic childcare costs which should be taken into consideration if you really want to compare incomes fairly.

Who do we vote for then

well last time i voted libdem cos i was fed up of the rest , that went well

How can it possibly be fair that the couple who take home more money still receive child benefit yet the other doesn't"

I dont get it either It doesn't make any sense at all even the explanation doesn't make sense, I do know im not the brightest of bulbs sometimes but it is a pile of poop

Presumably not once they are at school though WidowWadman
Another point to consider is that actually it's not just single earner households that are affected by this. Many families hit by this do have both parents working and paying for childcare too. One could be earning £55,000 and the other £10,000. It still puts them below the £98,000 threshold for dual earners, but they will lose half of their CB to boot.

The fact that they even filled the form in and claimed it in the first place fills me with fury.

I very much doubt he was in need and just grabbed it because he could.

I am in the latter category - two parents with earnings totalling over £60k (about £77k) although we both earn under £50k individually.

We no longer pay childcare costs as our children are teenagers and we both get personal allowance and pay income tax at standard rate, so our basic income is higher than say a couple with one staying at home and one earning £75k with one personal allowance and paying some tax at the higher rate.

At some point in the next couple of years I will enter the higher rate tax bracket and lose some or all of my child benefit. What bothers me most is that the "savings" are not directed to support children living in poverty but go into the general black hole.

Id be more impressed (only a little though) if he paid back the £415,000 profit he made on selling his second home that we the taxpayer paid for;

m.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/dec/07/taxpayers-paid-george-osborne-paddock-mortgage

m.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/dec/07/taxpayers-paid-george-osborne-paddock-mortgage

Don't make the mistake of thinking NuLabour will reverse any of the LibCon policies - they won't, they never have. Frankly they were to afraid to implement any of these measures themselves because of the backlash.

£1 in every £3 of taxation goes straight back out into the welfare state. Thats a hell of a percentage.

Lol @ mrsjay

Never liked that nick clegg... Smarmy comes to mind

They are such hypocritical wankers!

I don't disagree on the principle of this. I disagree with the way it has been done, the clowns which are imposing it and the ill thought out shambles which lies ahead.

They haven't managed to get the letters out, how will the deal with the rest of it?

I agree that is a lot going on welfare, but this government is a shambles and the policies are both ill thoughout and unfair - quite an achievement!

If this were happening in business, the board would bwe chucked out!!

Savannah DH & I are in exactly that situation - he earns just over £60k & I earn just over £10k. We still have childcare costs. If only we each earned £35k we would be so much better off financially.

George Osborne must have amazing sound proofing in that Ivory Tower of his, so that he can't hear all the cries of protest from all around him.