In his book Dancing with Dogma: Britain under Thatcherism, Ian Gilmour onetime Government minister and Conservative MP for Chesham & Amersham, noted: “Characteristically, the Thatcherites’ hostility to child benefit stemmed almost entirely from dogma and their ignorance of history. The obvious truth that people with families have higher expenses and greater responsibilities than people who do not was recognised by the Younger Pitt.”
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