Emergency budget - sure start- any changes?

lauraperrysan

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Hi ladies, do we know if the sure start is to be cut? And if so when thank you :) Xx
 
Tax credits

1.104 This Budget announces a number of reforms to tax credits, to ensure
support is targeted on those most in need by reducing unaffordable support
for higher earners, and to simplify the system. As part of this package the
Government will reduce tax credit eligibility for families with
household income above £40,000 from April 2011 and make further
changes to this threshold in 2012-13 to focus tax credits on lower
income families. The Government will also increase the rate at which
tax credits are withdrawn once household incomes rise. The
Government will freeze Child Benefit to help fund significant above indexation
increases in the Child Tax Credit which is better targeted on low-income
families. This means that support will be better targeted at low-income
families with children and that this Budget will have no measurable impact on
child poverty in the next two years.28 In the meantime, the Government has
also asked Frank Field to lead an independent review on poverty which,
among other things, will make recommendations on potential action to tackle
the underlying causes of poverty and enhance life chances, consistent with the
Government’s fiscal strategy.

sure start grant

1.105 From April 2011 the Government will restrict eligibility to the
Sure Start Maternity Grant to the first child only and abolish the
Health in Pregnancy Grant from January 2011. Mothers that are already
pregnant should not be affected.


slightly relieved i have to say xx
 
Same here i don't think that is that bad. Don't know if that's just me though :-D x
 
Thankyou, that's very reassuring to know. I can breathe a sigh of relief and buy a new pram for my lil man Xx
 
The only thing that really f**ks me off is probably the one time in our lives we'll ever be entitled to anything (when pregnant) & they wanna makes cuts to it. They wont be making cuts to all the f**kers that don't work & claim benefit after benefit though will they! No because they'll still be entitled to the lot!! Sorry if i affend anyone but it really does piss me off how working english people that LIVE IN ENGLAND and always have are entitled to barely anything but work day in day out to provide for their familes & EARN what they have!! Aghhhhh!
 
i have just found this bit aswel

2.37 From April 2011, the second income threshold for the family element of
the Child Tax Credit will reduce from £50,000 to £40,000 and from April
2012, the family element of the Child Tax Credit will be withdrawn
immediately after the child element. (37) (39)
2.38 From April 2011, the first and second withdrawal rates for tax credits
will increase to 41 per cent. (38)
2.39 From April 2011, the baby element will be removed from the Child Tax
Credit and from April 2012, the 50 plus element will be removed from the
Working Tax Credit. (40) (41)
2.40 In April 2011, the child element of the Child Tax Credit will increase by
£150 above CPI indexation and in April 2012 it will increase by £60 above
indexation. (46)
2.41 The Government will not introduce the £4 supplement in the Child
Tax Credit for each child aged one and two from April 2012, which was
announced at the March 2010 Budget. (42)

now im very confused!

also so glad im on my last child xxx
 

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