Making child benefits more universal is a good idea, badly timed

Stewart, Kitty ORCID: 0000-0001-7744-8741 (2024) Making child benefits more universal is a good idea, badly timed. British Politics and Policy at LSE (01 Jul 2024). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Because of the current threshold of the Child Benefit, only 50 per cent of families would receive financial support for their children by the year 2040. The Conservatives have proposed a move towards a more universal approach, and while there are very good reasons to support universalism in the child benefit system, it’s the wrong response to today’s priorities in tackling child poverty, argues Kitty Stewart.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/
Additional Information:	© 2024 The Author(s)
Divisions:	Social Policy
Subjects:	J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
Date Deposited:	06 Aug 2024 11:36
Last Modified:	06 Aug 2024 11:36
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/124500

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