Should child benefits be restricted to a maximum of two children?

Child benefits shouldn't be capped at a number of children, as long as they are benefiting the child.

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Yes but only for new applicants otherwise you’ll bankrupt those who have already utilised these rules and have 2+ kids

Yes, unless there is only one parent, or one parent is unable to work. Additionally child support payments must have stronger enforcement.

Child benefit should be unlimited and restricted to married couples who have 3+ generations of ancestry in the UK.

Circumstantial - if citizen , single parent working - should go to all kids. If both parents working same but smaller amount to help supplement income or if parent can not work Yes. If just not working for no reasons if they can work, no benefits should be given

Yes, but counted by pregnancy. Thus you would get benefits for 3 children if there was a single child followed by twins.

Yes but increase to 4 with those family incomes in the higher earning bracket disqualified as they should not be in need of Child Benefit

No, but only allow to British citizens and favour work-class families over single parent households.

If parents are on benefits yes , if they work no , that seems harsh but people who work usually pay rent / mortgage , benefits claimants get it all paid

Yes but increase to 5 children and at least one parent should be working unless signed off due to illness or disability.

Child benifits should be replaced with free school uniform and good quality school meals and a voucher system for the holidays.

No, but benefits should be graded and means tested for families with 3+ children and capped at 4 children.

Yes but this should not apply to people already in receipt of child benefits for more than 2 children

Two unless the 3rd child is a twin or multiple birth. Families with twins etc should be receive a fair amount of benefit. E.g. they need to buy multiples of some items including bedding and shoes etc.

yes for planned, and new families. maintain curent funding ofr famalies which are already above this limit.

Yes should be reduced to those that don’t work, no shouldn’t be a limit on those that work and financially afford having kids

Child benefits should only be paid to people who have paid into the system, so someone who has never worked and, therefore never paid tax does not qualify. Child benefits should also be restricted to the first pregnancy where there is a surviving child(ren). If the first pregnancy is twins, triplets etc., then child benefit would be paid for all of them, assuming the parents qualify.

Change thresholds that apply to individual income. A single person can earn more than allowed threshold and not be due child benefits but a couple could each earn below the individual threshold, but more than the previous scenario and be entitled to claim.

Yes, and increase tax credits for low-income families, and reduce tax credits for wealthier families.

Replace rewarding unplanned pregnancy by applying a simple licence requirement to have children. People who cannot provide a good life for a child should not have one. If I had to say... then 1, not 2.

A soft limit to 5. Case by case basis if you're "blessed to have twins or triplets". If childcare was free/income based subsidised, it'll encourage parents to go back to work and rely less on child benefit. Also we need to implement a check so parents do not abuse the child benefit money.

child benefits should be re-investigated and lowered/ removed. plenty of times where a man doesn't have a choice but a woman does. Plenty of trappers, liars and fraudulent claims.

No, child benefit should help support any children you have however each family / child’s own circumstances need to be reviewed before paying child benefit to ensure it’s not being claimed for the wrong reasons

Yes, unless multiples cause you to go over two and at least one parent a UK citizen and one a permanent resident

Maximum of 1 child, unless 2nd child has been taken on due the 2nd child's parents being incapable or death

Included in means tested income and should be for three children of permanent residents of UK as birth rates have dropped

Make it such that the two child cap only applies if those children were conceived after the benefits began being recieved

Everyone, regardless of financial situation should be entitled to this benefit, and it should not be means tested. You should not need to do a tax return every year if you earn over a certain amount and then send the money back at the end of the financial year - it’s just stupid!

Consider Stoping Child Benefit altogether. It was introduced after the war as an incentive to rebuild the population. It needs revising to see if it is appropriate in present day.

Yes, and parents must be permanent residents of the UK, and work if they are able to in order to claim

I believe we should no longer provide child benefits. Funds should be directed to offer nutritional free school meals for all children.

Yes, and abolish child benefits for people who aren't yet parents, to eventually phase it out in favour of a Universal Basic Income programme

No but parents financial capability o have more children should be assessed when they access these benefits and they should be advised whether or not to continue having children.

Yes, but increase to 3 children, and parents must be permanent residents of the UK in order to claim

no the government should engage white brits to make more children to curb the extension of our people

No, but anyone who claims benefits should be subject to an inspection to determine wether they should get the money.

No, deny benefits to all immigrants instead and provide incentives for ethnically British subjects to reproduce.

This one is tricky. I'm inclined to say that as long as one member of the household is working full time, that child benefit should be able available to any amount of children in that household. Whereas if someone has no intention of having a job, then child benefit should stop at 2. However, that would then significantly disadvantage the child in question, who was brought in this world through no fault of their own. Maybe child benefit should be more targeted to the children, rather than a sum of money given to a parent? Again, the Tories have distroyed the entire system, I'd…  Read more be inclined to have a sit down with both sides, including experts from charitable foundations to try and work out a fairer system, whereby people don't just get to have everything for free, just because they are playing the system by having multiple children, but also puts a child in to poverty because they've been left behind - really tricky.

By keeping it at two, if you have two parents who are poor, you dont want 3 people who are poor growing up. That adds +1 person. keep the poverty rate stable. If someone has had 3 children and then suddenly become poor for a business collapse or parents were sacked. The 3rd child should be helped and how ever many children they have. But not if you are poor and keep having children, this should deter people from doing that.

Yes but only if different parents have two children, for example myself and partner have 2 children but my partner already had 1.

Yes but increase maximum to 5 and only if both life full time in the UK and at least one is a citizen

Depends on the families circumstances. eg. If they’ve been contributing to society and then are suddenly made redundant, then the number of children shouldn’t be a factor. If a family is purposely producing children to claim benefits then of course this should be investigated.

Yes and no, it should be capped but made more beneficial and sustainable, long term, and should also depend on number of children and circumstances of families or be reformed and reworked into something like a Citizens Income

If you need more benefits for for than 3 children, it may be time to turn your children into the government.

No, there should instead be increased sexual health education in poorer areas to less accidental pregnancies happen. Along with better access to contraception.

No, as long as the primary caregiver is a permanent resident of the uk

Child benefits should be removed from higher-income families

No, but only pay child benefit to UK citizens

No, it should be increased for parents of larger families.

only one child

No it should be restricted to four

The cap should remain, It should also be means tested, people's ability to raise children should also be assessed.

Yes, unless there is a unforseen and unfrtunate event that changes the circumstances of families of more than 3 children.

No, legal citizens of the UK need to be encouraged to have more children as the young population is in decline.

No but make sure they are not taking advantage of the benefit system if they keep claiming more children. At some point, you can't afford to have kids and you should stop. Maybe I agree with the three children take tbh but accidents happen and I don't want those families to miss out in case they have two sets of twins and then suddenly lost everything.

Yes, but increase to three children and advise all families about income, including teaching children in schools about financial responsibilities.

Replace child benefits altogether and instead implement a new tax refund scheme. This scheme will give married couples in which at least one of these couples is a British citizen 10% reduced tax rate for very child they have

Yes, except in cases of multiple births (i.e. twins) that would take the total number of children in the household over two.

Potentially could increase to 3 children but at 4 children, bring in restrictions as the government can't keep paying

Child benefit should be reserved for families in need. It should not be an automatic benefit and should be for naturalised citizens.

No, if at least one parent is in full time employment. Yes, if families are living solely on welfare.

No but the family need to be able to prove they can support all the children they decide to have, child benefit should be a supplement, families shouldn’t completely rely on it

There should be a graded payment that will gradually lower to encourage a limit to say four children, which is the norm now. Child Benefit should only be paid to those permanently resident and not living abroad for part of the year. Our system is being milked and should be restricted severly to ensure frauds do not take place, or intentional large families built purely for benefit purposes.

Benefits should be in the form of free childcare for children up to the age of 12 to encourage parents to work and keep take home pay for living costs

Yes but change it to children resulting from two pregnancies (if a mother has 1 child from her 1st pregnancy and twins in the 2nd pregnancy, all 3 children should receive the benefits).

no but if you have childrenwhile yuou already have 2 childrens on benefits then it shouldnt be allowed

Yes it should be capped at 2 children if 1 or both parents haven't been in work for 6 months or more

No, however regular house checks and additional checks should be done to ensure the children are receiving the benefits and not being used in order to get more money

No, but it should only be available to parents who earn a combined income under £70k and to permanent UK residents

Yes, but decrease to one child in order to tempt parents into not having too any children due to Climate Change

Increase it to be unlimited, however improve sex education in high school and incentivise having only one child, also make abortion more accessible to women.

Yes but with the exception of twins, triplets etc as they cannot be planned for. In this case it should be on a 'per child' basis

yes, except in cases of multiple births that would take the total number of children in the household over two.

I believe it could be a consideration to cap at 2 or 3 children. However, most importantly the parents should be able to claim based on the combined income not solely on the highest earner

No, however, if it is conjectured that people are manipulating the use of the system to accrue money and circumnavigate having a job, then it should be culminated for them.

No restrict to a maximum of four children

It should be abolished.

if both parents are British nationals and reside in Britain, then no, it is good to have an incentive to have more children.

No, We should create a law like in Fascist Italy when the more kids you had the more taxes where cut back.

restrict to 4 children and parents must be resident in the uk

No; families should receive child benefits if needed and should also be provided with services in order to prepare them to manage their finances, childcare, etc. Restricting child benefits may dissuade some families from having more children, but this is a punitive decision and fails to help resolve the reason why we need child benefits in the first place.

abolish benefits

Child benefits should come in the form of more subsidised childcare and subsidised meals at schools and nurseries for more children. There should be a means test for who really needs the help

Yes, but this should be implemented as a yearly plan which means that the age of this restriction will increase yearly

Yes, and should be means tested

All parents who have custody of the child(ren) should be permanent residents of the UK to claim child benefits.

Yes, to combat overpopulation issues in the future

It should be stopped at one child

No, but at least one parent must work.

This should only apply to those below a certain income. The wealthy don’t need it.

If having many children and child benefits are found to be the only source of income for a family, they will be threatened with a cut-off if they do not find work and earn money legitimately (unless they are physically unable) and their children will be taken off them by social services. If they are working, then there should be no maximum limit.

Yes unless in cases of multiple births

child benefit to be means tested

Adults may have as many children as they can pay for. Remove all medium-long term child related payments. Short term emergency only. Once this short period passes, evaluate whether the parents are now fit, and remove children from unfit parents. This will ensure child safety while deterring baby cannons.

both parents got to be ethnically British to qualify

Yes, unless the situation is due to unforseen circumstances, people should not be encouraged to have children they can't afford to care for

No but it should be means tested, especially if both parents are working.

Child benefits should be restricted to a maximum of one. If the parent or parents have had one child and realised that they cannot afford that child, it should not fall on the government to support another.