Daily roundup: Child benefit cuts, heart surgery in Bristol, and a ban on two 'legal highs'

Neil Puffett
Thursday, November 1, 2012

Report says child benefit changes will cost some families £50,000, warning over child heart operations at "inadequately staffed" hospital, and the government outlaws two more "legal highs", all in the news today.

Some families face losing the equivalent of a years salary after tax by the time their youngest child reaches 18 under child benefit changes. Image: NTI
Some families face losing the equivalent of a years salary after tax by the time their youngest child reaches 18 under child benefit changes. Image: NTI

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