Women’s lobby revolts against child benefit cuts

A PUBLIC campaign to fight the Government’s plans to cut child benefit is to be escalated by the lobby representing 300,000 women.

The revolt by the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) will pile pressure on the Government after it meets tomorrow to consider the contents of the Commission on Taxation’s report.

The NWCI said it has had enough of the budgetary policy which it believes has hit women and children the hardest. It has organised a public meeting to channel the emotions of its members and organise a campaign before the budget is worked out in detail.