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Originally Posted by lindsay ormerod
Never thought I'd see the day but, hell yes! Backbencher Harriet Baldwin has mooted the idea that child tax credits should be capped at 4 children for familes that have no wage-earner. About time too, I've seen several instances where a families tax credits award is greater than my annual wage! Unless there are exceptional circumstances, eg you had 2 kids and then had a set of triplets I think that's the way forward. Too many kids think that a life on benefits is an acceptable career choice, time for a change!

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I remember a few years ago Lindsay, a young child was knocked down and killed in Ossy, she was one child in a family of seven kids, the only thing the feckless father could say was he'd lose the child benefit, this is certainly the way forward