Rejected petition Child Allowances for two Children Only

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People should only be entitled to allowances for the first two children

It should not be possible to turn having numerous children into a method of making money from the tax payer.

This is especially relevant to people from foreign cultures who come to reside in the UK and regard their large families as a way of supplementing their
income

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Date submitted 5 October 2011
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