title: Pros and cons of family credit.
abstract: Family credit (FC) is the best thing since sliced bread--at least that is what the government would like potential claimants and advisers to believe. Certainly family credit can assist some families on low pay but there are also a number of problems with the benefit, as Beth Lakhani of the Child Poverty Action Group explains.
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authors.lastname: Lakhani
mesh_terms: D005190:Family; D007182:Income; D011203:Poverty; D012943:Social Security; D006113:United Kingdom