Below is a summary of the budget changes that relate directly to families with young children:
•Families earning more than £40,000 will have their tax credits reduced.
•Benefits, tax credits and public service pensions will increase in line with consumer prices rather than the retail price index.
•Child benefit will be frozen for the next three years.
•Lone parents expected to look for work when their first child goes to school.
•Housing benefit will be limited to a maximum of £400 per week for a four-bedroom house.
•Two year council tax freeze.
•The child element of child tax credit will rise by £150 above inflation next year.
•Sure start maternity grant will go to the first child only.
source: John Bolche family lore.
Sunday, 27 June 2010
Friday, 18 June 2010
Vetting and Barring Scheme suspended
The Vetting and Barring Scheme for nine million people working with children and vulnerable adults has been halted so that a review can be carried out for a more measured approach, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced today.
Voluntary registration with the VBS for new employees and people changing jobs was due to start on 26 July. This registration has now been stopped.
The scheme will now be scaled back to more common-sense levels, the Government said, amid concerns that it was disproportionate and infringed on civil liberties.
The Home Office will be in charge of remodelling the scheme with the Department for Education and the Department of Health. Details are being finalised and will be announced shortly.
Mrs May said, ‘We’ve listened to the criticisms and will respond with a scheme that has been fundamentally remodelled. Vulnerable groups must be properly protected in a way that is proportionate and sensible. This redrawing of the VBS will ensure this happens.
The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) will continue to maintain the lists of those people who are barred from working with children and adults.
Current requirements for Criminal Records Bureau checks will continue to apply. New safeguarding regulations introduced in October 2009 also remain current.
Voluntary registration with the VBS for new employees and people changing jobs was due to start on 26 July. This registration has now been stopped.
The scheme will now be scaled back to more common-sense levels, the Government said, amid concerns that it was disproportionate and infringed on civil liberties.
The Home Office will be in charge of remodelling the scheme with the Department for Education and the Department of Health. Details are being finalised and will be announced shortly.
Mrs May said, ‘We’ve listened to the criticisms and will respond with a scheme that has been fundamentally remodelled. Vulnerable groups must be properly protected in a way that is proportionate and sensible. This redrawing of the VBS will ensure this happens.
The Independent Safeguarding Authority (ISA) will continue to maintain the lists of those people who are barred from working with children and adults.
Current requirements for Criminal Records Bureau checks will continue to apply. New safeguarding regulations introduced in October 2009 also remain current.
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