UK Government Changes to Child Benefits are Unfair to Families with a Single High Earner Is it fair that families with a single high earner should have their benefits removed while other families earn tens of thousands more and yet retain theirs? Good evening council and I am here to explain why these changes to child benefits are unfair on families with a single high earning parent or guardian. The new changes to child benefits state that families with one parent on a wage higher than 60,000 pounds will lose all of their child benefits. Also, those earning over £50,000 will have to pay 1% of the child benefits back in tax for every £100 over this l...