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18/08/2010
Coalition Marks 100 Days In Power
The Coalition Government is marking 100 days in power as reports indicate that spending on certain welfare payments, including the winter fuel allowance and child benefit, is being considered.
The Government will review the amount spent on payments such as the fuel allowance and child benefit, as part of £13 billion of cuts in order to pay for welfare changes which have been proposed by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith.
Currently, the winter fuel allowance is available to anyone over 60, with £250 available per household, rising to £400 per household for those over 80.
Child benefit is currently paid at a rate of £20.30 a week for the first child and £13.40 for other children.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg stressed that no final decisions had been made and would not be made until the spending review in October.
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper said that a cut in winter fuel payments would be a "shocking betrayal of pensioners".
(KMcA)
The Government will review the amount spent on payments such as the fuel allowance and child benefit, as part of £13 billion of cuts in order to pay for welfare changes which have been proposed by Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith.
Currently, the winter fuel allowance is available to anyone over 60, with £250 available per household, rising to £400 per household for those over 80.
Child benefit is currently paid at a rate of £20.30 a week for the first child and £13.40 for other children.
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg stressed that no final decisions had been made and would not be made until the spending review in October.
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary Yvette Cooper said that a cut in winter fuel payments would be a "shocking betrayal of pensioners".
(KMcA)
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