TUC: No-one is safe from ‘unwarranted’ cuts

Brendan Barber, the TUC general secretary criticises the government’s decision to cut child benefit for high-earners:

“While the poorest will be hardest hit by austerity, today’s announcement on child benefit shows no-one is immune from the government’s unwarranted rush to cut.

“This is a big blow to the principle that has served Britain well for decades that welfare should be available to all, not just the poorest.”