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Not true. There was income tax relief per child, introduced by Lloyd George and abolished in Geoffrey Howe's first budget in 1979. This was in addition to the family allowance: the difference was that the tax relief was applied to the head of the household's (almost always the father back then)...

Blimey, I agree with something that looney's said - I think I need a lie-down

Those aren't quite the only three choices - there's the suggestion floated a few weeks ago of higher taxes on the elderly and reduced taxes for the youngsters working. It came from Philip Hammond (or one of his team) so it would seem to be hitting his own supporters, but it was an interesting...

I don't know you got that idea from but it's not true - the birth rate is 1.81 per mother, 50 years ago it was just under 3 When it's under 2, it means that society is not replenishing itself - which is why immigration has had to increase in the last couple of decades, otherwise we'd have an...