Child benefit was once payable equally to all children, but since theearly 1990s younger children have been paid at a lower rate than theoldest child. From April, 18.10 will be received for the oldestchild and 12.10 for each younger child.
Make Child Benefit Count is calling for child benefit to be increasedand the amount paid for each younger child to be raised to the samelevel as the oldest child. The Government estimates that this would liftaround 300,000 children out of poverty. It will cost 1.5bn but,if the Government is to meet its target of halving the level of childpoverty by 2010, then significant extra investment is essential.
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