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Carers free from tax credit cuts
Plans to change tax credit entitlement that would have cost couples with disabled children up to £3,870 a year have been altered.
Plans to change tax credit entitlement that would have cost couples with disabled children up to £3,870 a year have been altered.
Millions of working low-income families can claim tax credits, in addition to some benefits.
Changes in April mean couples with children will have to work for 24 hours a week between them, not 16, in order to qualify for working tax credit.
However, the government has now made carers exempt from this change.
Duchess of Cambridge plants a tree during her visit to the Treehouse, part of the East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices
Kate tries her hand at tree-planting at The Treehouse hospice
March 19 2012 Latest news
Duchess of Cambridge plants a tree during her visit to the Treehouse, part of the East Anglia’s Children’s Hospices, in Ipswich
Monday, March 19, 2012
4:56 PM
The Duchess of Cambridge planted an oak sapling to commemorate her visit to The Treehouse hospice in Ipswich today.
Fresh from making her maiden public speech, Kate shovelled in four mounds of earth with a spade before stepping back and admiring her work.
She was then handed flowers by children from the hospice, including wheelchair-bound Bethany Woods, 10.
Kate then went on a brief walkabout to meet the hundreds of well-wishers who had waited patiently outside.
Norwich Door to Door Founder and Passenger chosen as an Olympic Torchbearer
Roger’s nomination story
- Carrying the Flame on: 05 Jul 2012
- Carrying the Flame through: Acle
- Age: 60
- Hometown: Norwich
