Festive one-off payments won't stop Government being dubbed Scrooge by spring 

While the larger payments might make us feel good when they arrive, they won’t help us pay our bills in the long term

Families with children of all ages will benefit most from this budget with the most meaningful changes in the pipeline.

Meaningful taxation and social protection change can only happen with long-term alterations to systems and payments yet for most families, this budget was once again a one-off.

For the second year running, there will be a range of lump sum/one-off payments to families and social welfare recipients.