Conservatives vow to let high earners keep more in child benefits

Parents earning six-figure salaries could be able to keep some or all of their child benefit payments, under proposals put forward by the Conservatives. The party says that if re-elected on 4 July, it would increase the income threshold at which someone starts to lose their child benefits from £60,000 to £120,000.It has also re-committed itself to changing the rules so the threshold level takes into account a…