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Raise child benefit by £10 a week to help families during the pandemic

Submitted by Silvena Paskova on Thursday 16th April 2020

Published on Thursday 18th June 2020

Current status: Closed

Closed: Friday 18th December 2020

Signatures: 77

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Access ~ Child ~ Child Benefit ~ Children ~ Covid ~ Covid-19 ~ Ensure ~ measures ~ Money ~ Schools

Petition Action

Raise child benefit by £10 a week to help families during the pandemic

Petition Details

We are calling for emergency support for children to ensure all parents can cover the basic costs of raising their children in the face of reduced income.

Additional Information

Families need more help with meeting children’s needs and unexpected costs while schools are closed and the new income protection measures can take effect.

We have therefore come together to ask you to consider uplifting child benefit by £10 per child per week.

Most families with children access child benefit and 12.7 million children receive this benefit.

It offers an effective, fast and resilient way to get money to families through our existing infrastructure - families will get the help they need directly into their bank accounts to cover additional costs.


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