Tuesday, 16 July 2013

Tories Prepare To Get Tougher on Teenage Single Mothers

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.

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