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Some households will receive income and savings boosts during April

Source: PA Archive

Some households will see boosts to their income or have new savings options to choose from as April gets under way.

Many will be grappling with April price hikes to their regular bills, but with a new tax year starting from April 6, some changes during the month may ease part of the strain.

Around 170,000 families will be taken out of paying a tax charge.

The Government will increase the threshold at which the high income child benefit charge kicks in, from £50,000 to £60,000, from April.

The charge had been triggered when one parent in

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