Recommendations that teenage mothers should no longer
automatically be entitled to council housing or housing benefit, as part of a
new drive to reduce teen pregnancy, have been welcomed by David Cameron in a
report by Conservative MPs. The 40
proposals, to be published later this week, come from the 40 Group – the Tories
who hold the 40 most marginal seats in Parliament. The 40 Tory backbenchers
also call for:
* Greater use of contraception to reduce “repeat abortions”
and propose diluting the rights of workers in small businesses;
* Deducting from child benefit payments any fines imposed on
the parents of truants;
* Ending 40 per cent tax relief on pensions for higher-rate
taxpayers
Read more on the Independent website.
