Select committee chair accuses UK tax authority of ‘egregious error’ and of causing parents unnecessary ‘pain’UK politics live – latest updatesSeven in 10 parents who had child benefit suspended in...
Read MoreInternal documents show tax officials withdrew funds without warning families, despite concerns about dataUK politics live – latest updatesUK tax authorities believed that withdrawing child benefit payments from...
Read MoreExclusive: Chancellor says Reform leader wants to keep children in poverty based on skin colour after U-turnRachel Reeves has said she was angered by Nigel Farage’s suggestion that only British-born families should have...
Read MorePat McFadden, work and pensions secretary, says welfare system must do more to help people into work• What is in the UK government’s child poverty strategy?The UK welfare system is not helping enough people into work...
Read MoreSeveral elements had already been announced, including lifting the two-child benefit cap and increasing free school mealsKeir Starmer has hailed his government’s plan to tackle child poverty as a “moral...
Read MorePat McFadden, the work and pensions secretary, said the government was not ‘backing away’ from benefits changesThe UK welfare system is not helping enough people into work and has significantly rising costs, and no...
Read MorePM seeks to rebuff claims government broke its promises while conceding budget ‘asked everybody to contribute’UK politics live – latest updatesKeir Starmer has conceded that the budget “asked everybody to...
Read MoreChancellor defends budget and insists she will grow the economy and continue to defy forecastsUK politics live – latest updatesRachel Reeves has admitted working people will need to pay more after her budget but insisted...
Read MoreChancellor axes two-child benefit cap and cuts energy bills paid for by mansion tax and freezing tax thresholds Analysis: ‘Tax-raising budget crash-lands on struggling economy’Budget 2025: key points at a...
Read MoreThousands of parents had their payments stopped after faulty data suggested they had left the UK and not returnedHMRC bosses have been accused of being “cavalier” with people’s finances after stripping child...
Read MoreAndrew Snowden MP says government ‘must immediate take action’ on failures of anti-fraud benefits crackdownCalls are being made for an urgent independent inquiry after thousands of families were stripped of child...
Read MoreLetter demands answers after 23,500 families wrongly suspected of fraud when data showed they had left UKMPs are demanding answers from HMRC over a child benefit error in which payments were stopped to 23,500 families as part of...
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