Families to get £150 windfall in Brown fightback

MILLIONS of British families could be in line for a windfall of about £150 (€192) this winter as Gordon Brown seeks to reinvigorate his troubled premiership, it emerged.

Ministers are understood to be considering the one-off payment to all households in receipt of child benefit as part of an economic package planned for the autumn.

The move, which officials stressed had not yet been given final approval, would help more than seven million families hit by soaring fuel bills.