How is a couple with children supposed to live on the same amount as a couple without. Why are you punishing the children? Or people for having children? Some people end up in a situation out of their control and you are not providing allowances for children! They need to be fed and clothed too, how do we pay for school uniforms, clothes, food for child, you are putting children into poverty. Child tax credit and child benefit should not be involved in this, a child deserves their own amount of monies for survival too. In all fairness it doesn't work anyway, try paying your rent and all of your bills and feeding two people out of this amount, people have car tax road tax utility bills food bills.. Seriously.. Disgusting