Dossier
Child Benefit
Coverage of Child Benefit in the Nexus archive.
- ‘Apprenticeship penalty’ on benefits forces young people from poorer UK families to quit
Young people from disadvantaged UK families are abandoning apprenticeships due to a 'penalty' where parental benefits are reduced when a child starts job training. Government advisers urge a review of rules that classify 16-year-old apprentices as 'independent workers,' leading to a potential weekly household income loss of £340.