Biting the hand that feeds him

摘要

Britain's new chancellor of the exchequer is normally regarded as a rather divisive character. Yet by announcing that he is planning to cut child benefit to higher-rate taxpayers, George Osborne seems to have united the entire nation in oppo-rnsition to the coalition government's plans.rnFrom 2013 higher-rate taxpayers-currently those with incomes over ￡44,000 ($70,000)-will no longer receive child benefit (a weekly credit of ￡20 for the first child; less for second and subsequent children).