Rejected petition Reconsider the proposal to remove Child Benefit to Higher Rate Tax Payers

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The decision to remove child benefit to higher rate tax payers is grossly unfair. The current proposal will result in cases where a family with one working parent earning £46000 will receive no Child Benefit whereas another with two working parents each earning £40000 will continue to receive Child Benefit. This is not right.

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Date submitted 4 August 2011
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