Child benefit cuts lead thousands of parents to 'opt out'

Some 200,000 parents have already opted out of receiving child benefit, ahead of changes coming into force on Monday. Treasury Minister David Gauke said that was "slightly above" what was expected. Families with...

Child benefit: would someone give IDS a brain scan and quickly?

I would like to volunteer to be shrunk and placed inside Iain Duncan Smith's brain. I'm reluctant (who wouldn't be?), but after his declaration that poor unemployed people with more than two children should lose...