Martin Lewis tackles 'gross unfairness' of child benefit system
manchestereveningnews.co.ukMartin Lewis has pointed out the "gross unfairness" of the current child benefit system. During this week's episode of The Martin Lewis Podcast, he pointed out how some people are being left much worse off with the child benefits system because of the penalties associated with a claimant's earnings.
He also gave a short-term solution that he believes Chancellor Jeremy Hunt should introduce while fixing the "structural issues" with the system.
The key issue he described was how some people earning more money on their own are left out of child benefits, while families with a higher total income are still eligible.
This often means that those who might need child benefit the most are being excluded. Try MEN Premium now for FREE... just click here to give it a go. Martin said: "There is a gross unfairness in the way the child benefit system works.
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