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Alan Johnson: Child Poverty Action Group spokesperson on the increase to the Working for Families payments

Published: Dec. 4, 2023, 6:50 p.m.

Child Poverty advocates don't appear to be jumping for joy over the Government's new Working for Families payments.\xa0 \xa0

The Government's raising Family Tax Credit rates by $8 to $144 per week for the eldest child and $117 for each subsequent child. \xa0

Child Poverty Action Group spokesperson Alan Johnson says that overall, indexing tax settings to inflation is a good idea.\xa0

But he told Mike Hosking that it's just an adjustment to make up for increased food, fuel, and electricity prices, and is no more generous than it was a year ago.\xa0

Johnson says the group believes the system could be made more generous to relieve child poverty.\xa0

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