{"links":{"self":"https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/629282.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":629282,"parliament":{"period":"2019-2024","government":"Conservative","dissolution_at":"2024-05-30T00:01:00.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Change the Child Benefit cap to cover household income, not individual","background":"Currently, you have to pay back a percentage of Child Benefit payments if an individual in the house hold earns £50,000 or more, yet families with a combined income of £99,000 are not penalised. \r\n\r\nTwo parents could be earning £49,000 per year each and not be required to pay any back","additional_details":"I want the government to understand that one income can no longer support a family, mortgage, and cost of living, and to realign the benefit cap to cover combined household income, not individual income which penalise families where only one individual is classed as a 'high-earner', or able to work due to having a lower paid job (that won't cover full time childcare costs).","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":9,"created_at":"2022-12-03T11:25:05.783Z","updated_at":"2022-12-06T13:37:27.364Z","rejected_at":"2022-12-06T13:37:26.169Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2022-12-03T11:43:40.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"duplicate","details":"https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/616917"},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}