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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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Millions to see child benefit increase in 2026 as new amount confirmed

Millions of families who claim Child Benefit will see increased payments from April, as the new 2026 DWP and HMRC figures ...

Thousands of families have Child Benefit pulled without warning

The disclosures come just weeks after it emerged that at least 63% of parents caught up in the crackdown were in fact still ...

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 💷 ...

Should high earners still claim child benefit?

It can still be worth claiming child benefit if you earn over £60,000, but you usually want to claim, but worth opting out of ...

Households stripped of child benefit without warning

Thousands of households found themselves without crucial Child Benefit payments after HMRC halted claims without prior notice ...

HMRC confirms Child Benefit payment rates in 2026

The Department for Work and Pensions ( DWP ) has recently unveiled the proposed new payment rates from April for the State ...

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.

HMRC admits huge errors as thousands wrongly had benefit payments stopped

HMRC has completed a review of around 24,000 cases after a row broke out over errors made in an attempt to crack down on ...