This is for the promotion of marriage and the family unit.
Broken Britain was a term first used by William Hague to describe the breakdown of the traditional family unit and the rise of single parent households and loss of respect and discipline.
The married man’s tax allowance was abolished by Labour and a more generous benefit system made it easier for married couples to part (instead of working at their marriage) and single parent households to spawn.
“Money worries can put a huge strain on relationships – so we will end the couple penalty in the benefits system and recognise marriage in the tax and benefits system”
I think it is also aimed to help those couples where the wife stays at home to look after children and forgoes her own tax allowance. I suppose if more women stayed at home (if they could afford to) then that could perhaps free up some jobs for the unemployed!
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