Child Benefit to Be cut Off at 13 as Government's 'Poverty Tsar' Plans to Wean Parents off Handouts

Families could see their child benefit taxed or cut off once a youngster hits 13 under radical plans proposed by Frank Field, the government appointed ‘poverty tsar’.

Mr Field, a former Labour welfare minister, wants to wean parents off benefits and back into work once their children are older.

Child benefit is currently paid to all families with children aged 19 and under if they are in fulltime education.

But the maverick MP is arguing that it should be stopped or taxed once a child hits 13 to help reduce the £11billion cost of the handout.'

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