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Child benefit: there’s plenty of welfare on offer to the Poles
The removal of middle-class child benefit payments is unjust, argues Philip Johnston Family: News and…
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This child benefit cut should be softened
It is hard to see how punishing stay-at-home mothers can fit with the Conservative claim…
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Child benefit: Q&A
Your questions answered on how the system works and what will be changing. Family: News…
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Netmums co-founder: Many families don’t believe Child Benefit decision is fair
Watching George Osborne announce his plans for child benefit cuts on breakfast television this morning,…
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Conservative Party Conference 2010: Class envy won’t win the Tories the next election
Unfair welfare reforms are the latest sign of the Conservatives moving to the Left, argues…
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Allison Pearson: Take away our baby money at your peril
George Osborne's economic case for destroying the totemic idea of universal child benefit will not…
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Professor Edward’s Nobel Prize: IVF also gave birth to the agony of hope
Fertility treatments have brought joy but also prolonged heartache for would-be parents, writes Jemima Lewis.…
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How should I handle the advances of a much younger colleague?
Vicki and Octavia, our mother and daughter agony aunts, answer your questions Family: News and…
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Vacuum cleaner sales down
Have we really turned in to a nation of people who no longer care about…
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Feuding parents could be refused legal aid unless they mediate
Feuding parents could be refused legal aid in custody battles unless they try mediation first,…
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Children’s names: What to call the Apple of your eye?
Choosing an unusual first name can backfire, says Tamsin Kelly. Family: News and advice on…
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The benefit of being a single mother
Myra Butterworth argues the attraction of life as a single mother - financially at least.…
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Limit families to two children to save the planet: doctor
Couples should not have more than two children for the sake of the planet, a…
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Benefits culture: Six children and £675 a week…
Melanie Nicholas and her partner Andrew Ballinger have not worked in 20 years. Neil Tweedie…
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Purple is the colour of money
Rose Prince on food and family. This week: marriage catch phrases, killer cockerels and purple…
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The Coping Classes – the middle classes are under siege like never before
In 2008 The Telegraph identified the 'Coping Classes': solid citizens beaten down by rising costs.…
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Ed Balls and Yvette Cooper share a life – but can they share an office?
The couple may have failed in their bids to become shadow chancellor, but this competitive…
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A rose-tinted Panorama of Coventry’s social workers
Too much was left unsaid when the BBC sent its cameras to Coventry, says Christopher…
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The Conservatives’ child benefit plans sent precisely the wrong signal
The concept of fairness is not being applied to the middle classes, believes Janet Daley…
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Anatomy of a welfare cut: How the Child Benefit row unfolded
The decision to remove child benefits from higher rate taxpayers has drawn howls of protest…