Children’s minister Tim Loughton told Channel 4 News the move could be in need of more work and said: "If there are ways we can look at compensating measures for those genuinely in need, that will be looked at in future budgets.
"If the thresholds need to be adjusted there’s plenty of time to look at that."
But David Cameron said Loughton was not calling for the decision to be reviewed and defended the decision, saying the £1bn raised from child benefit will be £1bn that he does not have to take from the health or education budgets. He also suggested couples could get a new tax break to help compensate for losing child benefit.
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