On a certain reasonable family income, if you look after the children at home while your partner goes to work, you'll lose your child benefit - despite shouldering the childcare costs yourself in-house. Yet, if both parents are in full-time paid work with as much as double the amount of household income, and who may even benefit from taxpayer-subsidised childcare, they will continue to be eligible for child benefit. There has to be a better way.
Marie Lewis, Salisbury
Prevention of child abuse
LGBT Youth Scotland was appalled by the abuse and exploit-ation of children by former chief executive James Rennie (CYP Now, 28 September-4 October).
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