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June Budget 2010, 22/06/10 [W/E/NI/S]

The Chancellor George Osborne published the 2010 Budget Report on 22 June 2010. It contains a number of measures that will have an impact on families with children.

These measures include:

Child benefit to be frozen for the next three years.
Health in pregnancy grant to be abolished from April 2011.
Lone parents will be expected to look for work when their youngest child goes to school.
Tax credits will be reduced for families earning over £40,000 next year.
The child element of the child tax credit will increase by £150 above indexation next year.
From January 4 2011, the main rate of VAT will rise from 17.5% to 20%. Current zero-rated items like children's clothes will remain exempt.
New maximum limit of £400 a week will be applied to Housing Benefit
The government will introduce a medical assessment for Disability Living Allowance from 2013 for new and existing claimants

Full details are available on the HM Treasury website.

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