At the moment, the Government’s going to miss its target to halve child poverty by 2010 by some distance. As expected, Darling’s trying to make up some of the ground. He’s announced: a planned increase in child benefit to be brought forward to April 2009. And the child element of Child Tax Credit will increase to £50 a year.
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