Newspaper review: Papers divided on child benefit
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on George Osborne's decision to do away with universal child benefit.
The paper calls it a "brave decision" by the chancellor, given that the losers are the articulate middle class.
The to give money to those who do not need it.
The . "Free bus passes, winter fuel payments and free TV licences for the elderly, regardless of need, look insupportable," it says.
'Blatant anomaly'
The by the chancellor a "new tax raid on families".
The .
The paper is unhappy that a family with one breadwinner earning £50,000 would lose the benefit while another with two parents earning £42,000 each would remain unaffected.
The but this "anomaly" is difficult to accept.
'Super sponger'
There is support for the announcement of a cap on the benefits paid to households in which no-one is in work.
The .
But the had already done much to remove disincentives to work, and it asks whether the jobs are there for the unemployed to chase.
The and that people will be forced out of their homes.
'Thrilling' victory
Europe's victorious Ryder Cup golfers are widely hailed as "heroes", and pictures of their celebrations in south Wales are all over the papers.
The , while the .
The Independent judges captain Colin Montgomerie's strategy to have been close to perfection. The .
"For one day only," says the Daily Telegraph, "we're all pro-European".