Yes , lets stop people having more children. Who needs a new generation of workers to provide our pension provision after all. We can all clearly work into our 80's so whats the problem.

The issue the Tories admitted last night on newsnight was that means testing would cost more than it would save and this has been the view for a number of years which is why no one has ever fiddled with it. Hence they have decided to impose a simple solution which however is so simple it actually isn't logically applied. There should be no problem using the tax system for such an arrangement to obtain economies of scale.

The issue about the cap of £26k is worrying to the extent that it will put children into poverty. That should be the question, and the basis of assessment, not this useless debating of how much these overbreeders are screwing out of us all.

As it stands, all the cuts this government has been coming out with has been aimed at cutting the money and services meant for children. We should not forget that this benefit is meant for expenditure on them, not adults. I don't know anyone who doesn't do that to buy things for them and for our family its a useful contribution to the £1400 childcare payment which we pay every month.

As children are too young to vote they are clearly an easy target. I don't disagree with the higher taxpayer argument at all but it should be fairly and equitably applied. Lets hit the higher tax payer for other things. The current proposals make no sense whatsoever.