The Guardian has reported that:
Child poverty in Britain has increased for the second year in a row, government figures revealed yesterday, putting Labour's target to halve it by the end of the decade in jeopardy.
The estimated cost of getting on track now is £2.7 billion a year. That could have been raised by completely abolsihing the domicile rule rather than amending it.
Another New Labour opportunity lost.
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I agree that scrapping the domicile rule may have achieved this. However, so could an early withdrawal from Iraq, or not bribing the Saudi arms dealers. What about the abuses of taxpayers money that the government indulges in, and the ridiculous gravy train so beloved of our MEPs? The desire of the non-doms to protect their position is no different from the desire of Gordon Brown to have his Sky TV subscription paid for by the taxpayer. Until those abuses of tax revenue are addressed, everyone will understandably keep fighting to retain what they can. It’s just human nature.