http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8319646.stm
Benefits for the middle classes should be taken away to avoid higher taxes, a centre-right think tank has suggested.
Reform says payments including maternity pay, child benefit, the winter fuel allowance and TV licences for the elderly could be scrapped.
It says the UK spends £31bn a year on such benefits, equivalent to an extra 8 pence on the basic rate of income tax.
Reform says while times are hard, the leanest welfare system focused on the most needy, is all the UK can afford.
It defines middle class as a household where the total income equates to £15,000 a year for each adult and £5,000 per child.
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Benefits for the middle classes should be taken away to avoid higher taxes, a centre-right think tank has suggested.
Reform says payments including maternity pay, child benefit, the winter fuel allowance and TV licences for the elderly could be scrapped.
It says the UK spends £31bn a year on such benefits, equivalent to an extra 8 pence on the basic rate of income tax.
Reform says while times are hard, the leanest welfare system focused on the most needy, is all the UK can afford.
It defines middle class as a household where the total income equates to £15,000 a year for each adult and £5,000 per child.
Nice.
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