Part-time work plan for mothers
Mothers returning to work after having a child could be offered the automatic right to part-time employment under plans for sweeping reform of maternity leave and pay. Ministers say they will press Stephen Byers, trade and industry secretary to consider regulating to extend part-time work to all women who want it....more
WFTC
Flagship benefit to be divided
The working families tax credit, the government's new flagship in-work benefit, is to be split into two in 2003, a background paper to the Budget discloses. ...more
WELFARE -TO-WORK
Lone parents to get employment incentives
Lone parents with children over five will have to attend interviews with the employment service or lose benefits, under a further extension of the government's welfare-to-work programme. ...more
PERSONAL PENSIONS
Earnings cap rises
High-earning holders of personal pensions will be able to use a further £1,200 of their salary when calculating how much can be put into their pension in 2000-01. ...more
DISTRIBUTION
Winners from past years benefit again
The distributional impact of Gordon Brown's fourth Budget is similar to his first three, targeting help on low-income families with children and pensioners. ...more
PENSIONERS
Credit proposed for next parliament
The government is to consider the introduction of a new pensioners' credit in the next parliament as part of its efforts to eradicate poverty and help those with modest pensions and savings....more
NEW-BORNS
Credit cushions maternity leave
The government is to introduce a new tax credit for low-paid mothers to allow them to stay at home for longer with their new-born babies. ...
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Economy
