the budget.......child benefit

[lilsmum]

whats all that about child benefit going up to £63 a week?? dont understand that, i get £66 a mth, anyone understand it?

Havent heard yet but wouldnt that be brill???!!!

Is that £63 per child? I've got 3!!!!!!!!!

The child tax credit will rise by 13 per cent over the next three years in line with earnings. Including child benefit, families will get up to £63 a week for the first child and £111 for two children. says it here

think that's all the benefits added together

its the budget speech

"So today I can now announce that payments for children under the child tax credit will rise each year in line with earnings and over the coming three years by a total of 13 per cent. Including child benefit, rising in this period from the £28 a week we inherited to a maximum of £63 a week for the first child and £111 a week for two children. So with our new system of tax credits offsetting income tax liabilities the effective point at which a family with two children starts paying income tax which was £15,000 in 1997 is now £21,200 and from April 2007 will be over £22,000 ? tax credits effectively wiping out income tax liability until earnings of £430 a week.
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Does that mean the £10 a week child tax credit and the £16 something familly allowance is going up or is there another benefit that adds onto that for families on a low income????

i read that but still dont understand it

twiglett.... i apologised to you on the baby gravy thread, have a read