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Marriage tax break a 'shocking waste of money'

Single parent charity, Gingerbread, has been highly critical of the Government’s recent announcement that it intends to introduce a transferable tax allowance for married couples.

Under the plans, married couples and civil partners will be able to transfer a fixed amount of their personal allowance to their spouse. The option to transfer will be available to couples where neither partner is a higher rate taxpayer.

Responding to the announcement, Gingerbread chief executive Fiona Weir said:

"Introducing a marriage tax break is a shocking waste of money. Child poverty in the UK is set to rise by a further one million by 2020. The £600 million a year that will go to just one in three married couples could - and should - be spent instead on helping families of all shapes and sizes to make ends meet.

“A quarter of all families are headed by single parents and one in six by cohabitating couples – but this tax break won’t help them, or married couples where both parents earn enough to pay tax. Modern families come in all shapes and sizes and the government should support them all, not just a select group.”

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