Families first as better-off pay the bill for a more equitable society

Alissa Goodman
Howard Reed

Published on 18 April 2002

This article was published in the Financial Times on 18th April 2002.

Gordon Brown's sixth budget,and his first of the new parliament, combines rises in the overall tax burden that fall principally on the better-off with a significant increase in generosity of support for families with children - both working and non-working.

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Alissa Goodman

Research Fellow University College London

Alissa is an IFS Research Fellow and a Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Longitudinal Studies at the UCL Institute of Education.

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Howard Reed