HMRC fraud scheme that stopped child benefits had 71% error rate

On Tuesday a Westminster committee heard that 17,048 of the 23,794 people caught up in the crackdown were mistakenly targeted ...
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Reform U-turns on scrapping two-child benefit limit

Reform had promised to scrap the two-child benefit limit, but Farage says his party will now vote against lifting it ...

Child benefit tax trap will hit 35,000 more families and they’ll lose £1,355 a year payments – how to avoid it

THOUSANDS more hard-working families are about to be slapped with a stealth tax bill that could wipe out their child benefit ...

UK Child Benefit payments rates confirmed - full list

Child Benefits and Guardians Allowance payments will increase in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for the year to ...

Major child benefit blunder finds thousands had payments halted in HMRC PAYE 'error'

The findings of an official review have been issued after mistakes triggered heavy criticism of the government ...

Why more families will have to repay Child Benefit payments

An additional 35,000 families are projected to be affected by the High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) by the 2028-29 tax ...

HMRC accepted ‘tolerable’ risk of harm in child benefit fraud crackdown

Internal documents show tax officials withdrew funds without warning families despite concerns about data ...
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Millions to see Child Benefit increase in 2026 as new amount confirmed

Millions of families who claim Child Benefit will see increased payments from this April, as the new 2026 figures for the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) have confirmed. HMRC pays Child Benefit, ...

Benefit payment dates 2026: DWP UK payment dates in January, including Child Benefit, Universal Credit changes

January is one of the toughest months for budgets, so knowing when your money lands can make it a little easier 💷 ...

35,000 families will pay back Child Benefit payments – here’s why

Child Benefit payments – here’s why - You can get £26.05 a week for your first child and £17.25 a week for further children ...
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Farage’s conditional pledge to remove child benefit cap ‘would plunge 450,000 into poverty’

New official analysis suggests that Nigel Farage’s policy on child benefit would plunge at least 450,000 children back into poverty if Reform UK were to win power. Mr Farage seized headlines when he ...

Nearly 240,000 kids across London to benefit from two-child benefit cap removal

Nearly 240,000 children across London are set to benefit from Labour's decision to scrap the two-child benefit cap.