Brutal cuts ‘will impoverish children’

SEVERE cuts to child benefit are set to drag more children into poverty and disproportionately hit poorer families, charities have claimed.

Pressure was piled on the Government last night to lighten the burden on more vulnerable families affected by the reductions in child benefit rates.

Parents with one child will see benefits cut by €10 for their first and second child while €20 will be deducted by claims for a third child and €10 for every child thereafter.