{"id":1638,"date":"2010-10-04T08:08:00","date_gmt":"2010-10-04T08:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/79.170.44.80\/livingwithkids.co.uk\/do-you-support-the-decision-to-scrap-child-benefit-for-those-earning-over-c2a344k\/"},"modified":"2017-06-12T17:30:17","modified_gmt":"2017-06-12T16:30:17","slug":"do-you-support-the-decision-to-scrap-child-benefit-for-those-earning-over-c2a344k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/do-you-support-the-decision-to-scrap-child-benefit-for-those-earning-over-c2a344k\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you support scrapping child benefit for those families earning over \u00a344k?"},"content":{"rendered":"So, the Government has announced Child Benefit is to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-politics-11464300\">scrapped for those \u2018higher rate tax payers\u2019 earning over \u00a344k<\/a>.\r\n\r\nI understand that people might think \u00a344k is a lot of money for a household income. 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