Kristoffer Berg, 11 March 2024
In the new Spring Budget, the Chancellor of the Exchequer Jeremy Hunt announced changes to child benefits in the UK. The changes imply higher child benefits for households in certain income groups and potentially a move towards linking child benefits to household rather than individual income. Different views about the fair priority in providing benefits to smaller versus larger households may imply different designs of child benefits, but there is also a trade-off between a fair system, administrative cost, and work incentives.