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garinda · 17-01-2006, 12:12

There has been a lot on the news today about the low uptake for the Government's scheme that gives every child born after a certain date £250 to invest.

Apparently only about a third of the parents of the children, who are entitled to it, have claimed it.

Is this a wise way to spend tax payers money? Has everybody who has had a child taken up their offer, or is it just some sort of sweetner for middle England? Do you have a child who was born before the qualifying date, and one after, is it fair?

What will the invested £250 be worth in eighteen years?

An aid to starting adult life, or enough money for the little darling to go out on a bender?

17-01-2006, 12:12	#1
garinda Give, give, give member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Overlookin' ducks & geese Posts: 32,411 Blog Entries: 293 Liked: 27 times Rep Power: 16469	£250 per child. There has been a lot on the news today about the low uptake for the Government's scheme that gives every child born after a certain date £250 to invest. Apparently only about a third of the parents of the children, who are entitled to it, have claimed it. Is this a wise way to spend tax payers money? Has everybody who has had a child taken up their offer, or is it just some sort of sweetner for middle England? Do you have a child who was born before the qualifying date, and one after, is it fair? What will the invested £250 be worth in eighteen years? An aid to starting adult life, or enough money for the little darling to go out on a bender? __________________ 'If you're going to be a Kant, be the very best Kant there is my son.' Johann Georg Kant, father of Immanuel Kant, philosopher.