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Child Trust Funds 'should reflect inflationary pressures'
The money provided to families in the form of Child Trust Funds (CTFs) should move in line with soaring inflation, it has been claimed.

Since the introduction of CTFs around three and a half years ago, parents have been offered vouchers worth £250 on the birth of their children.    Read full story
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