Sentence examples for benefit announcements from inspiring English sources

It's mostly about Osborne's two benefit announcements.

1.46pm: The papers are dominated by the child benefit announcement today.

11.06am: Here's some reaction to George Osborne's child benefit announcement.

But his child benefit announcement – presented as part of "tough but fair" reforms to tackle the national deficit – has provoked disquiet within the Tory ranks.

We've also had the child benefit announcement, because Osborne decided to talk about it when he gave a round of interviews this morning.

The TUC has described the child benefit announcement as "a big blow to the principle that has served Britain well for decades – that welfare should be available to all, not just the poorest".

Activists reported that the child benefit announcement, designed to demonstrate fiscal rectitude, went down especially badly on the doorstep in the Heywood and Middleton byelection campaign – where Ukip is looking like a potentially serious challenger to Labour next month.

The child benefit announcement triggered more of a backlash than they were expecting and yesterday the party was all over the place as it tried to come up with a line about the possibility of using a transferable tax allowance to compensate those who will lose out from the child benefit cut.

The "compulsory work or lose benefits" announcement by the shadow chancellor, Ed Balls (video), and Byrne, comes ahead of what threatens to be a fraught second reading debate on Tuesday over Labour's refusal to back a government bill restricting increases in benefits and tax credits to 1% a year for the next three years – which is likely to represent a 4% cut in real terms.

But his decision was further good news for Democrats, who, hoping to extend their slim Senate majority, already had the benefit of announcements by five Republican incumbents that they would not run for re-election next year.

Commenting on the scheme, Gingerbread Chief Executive Fiona Weir said: "The pre-paid benefit cards announcement capitalises on and reinforces negative stereotypes of people who need support from benefits.