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Emergency Budget: Child benefit frozen for three years

By Jonathan Moore and Alex Stevenson Child benefit will be frozen for the next three years, the chancellor announced in his Budget today. It was included in a raft of measures announced by George Osborne to tackle the costs of tax credits and also included a policy to reduce credits for families earning more than… Read more »

Emergency Budget: Public sector pay frozen for two years

By Jonathan Moore and Alex Stevenson Public sector pay will be frozen for two years for those earning more than £21,000 a year, the chancellor announced in today’s Budget. The 1.7 million workers who earn less than the upper threshold, however, will receive a £250 flat pay-rise for each of those years. The move comes… Read more »