Robert Whelan, deputy director of Civitas, said the report Fiscal Policyand the Family: How the Family Fares in France, Germany and the UKhighlighted the need to abolish the child tax credits.
"We prefer the idea of child tax allowances because it's a much fairerand better system that is not skewed by income," said Whelan.
"It also encourages people to work unlike the present system, whicheither discourages parents to work or encourages them not to workenough," he added.
But the Child Poverty Action Group's head of policy and research, PaulDornan, argued against Civitas's findings.
"The risk of child poverty is very high for those children in worklesshouseholds. Tax allowances assist those in work, not those children withparents unable to do so. Policy must recognise that for some familieswork isn't an option."
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