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Originally Posted by Neil
This thread is starting to get a bit silly.
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The thing that is more than 'silly', is that some sixteen year olds are employed full-time, working in childcare facilities.
Getting themselves up, getting the bus to work, paying taxes etc.
Whilst we have some young people in Hyndburn, whose councillor parents are claiming childcare allowances for their similarly aged offspring.
Offspring the law says are legally mature enough to have sex, terminate a pregnancy without parental consent, buy a lottery ticket, leave school, and ride a licenced moped.
The proposed changes to raise the age limit for Hyndburn councillors' childcare allowances is sadly more than 'silly'.