World news | The Guardian1d ago
End to two-child benefit cap offers £300-a-month lifeline to cash-strapped families https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/28/end-to-two-child-benefit-cap-offers-300-a-month-lifeline-to-cash-strapped-families #FamilyFinances #ChildBenefits #Children #Poverty #UniversalCredit #Benefits #Welfare #Communities #Money #Politics #Society #UkNews #HouseholdBills #ConsumerAffairs
End to two-child benefit cap offers £300-a-month lifeline to cash-strapped families

From 6 April, low-income families can claim universal credit payments for all children living in the household

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World news | The Guardian6d ago
Mr Motivator urges government to treat ’bed poverty’ as a national crisis https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/24/mr-motivator-urges-government-treat-bed-poverty-national-crisis #Poverty #UkNews #Children #ChildBenefits #Society #UkCostOfLivingCrisis
Mr Motivator urges government to treat ’bed poverty’ as a national crisis

As Iran war threatens to exacerbate living costs, children’s beds have become ‘like a luxury item’, says Barnardo’s

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World news | The GuardianMar 16
Inquiry launched into HMRC anti-fraud scheme that wrongly cut child benefits https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/mar/16/inquiry-hmrc-anti-fraud-scheme-wrongly-cut-child-benefits #ChildBenefits #Hmrc #Politics #UkNews #Benefits #HomeOffice #Welfare #Society
Inquiry launched into HMRC anti-fraud scheme that wrongly cut child benefits

Flawed Home Office travel records identified thousands of parents suspected of claiming while living abroad

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World news | The GuardianJan 26
US families face ‘impossible choices’ as White House pushes to freeze childcare funding https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/26/trump-administration-childcare-funding-freeze #TrumpAdministration #Childcare #ChildBenefits #UsNews #UsPolitics #Children
US families face ‘impossible choices’ as White House pushes to freeze childcare funding

Childcare workers push back on Trump administration’s ‘ridiculous’ narrative that programs are riddled with fraud

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US news | The GuardianJan 26
US families face ‘impossible choices’ as White House pushes to freeze childcare funding https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/26/trump-administration-childcare-funding-freeze #TrumpAdministration #Childcare #ChildBenefits #UsNews #UsPolitics #Children
US families face ‘impossible choices’ as White House pushes to freeze childcare funding

Childcare workers push back on Trump administration’s ‘ridiculous’ narrative that programs are riddled with fraud

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World news | The GuardianJan 13
HMRC admits 71% wrongly targeted in child benefit fraud crackdown https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/13/hmrc-wrongly-targeted-child-benefit-crackdown #ChildBenefits #Hmrc #Children #Politics #UkNews #Benefits #NorthernIreland #HouseOfCommons #Welfare
HMRC admits 71% wrongly targeted in child benefit fraud crackdown

Select committee chair accuses UK tax authority of ‘egregious error’ and of causing parents unnecessary ‘pain’

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World news | The GuardianJan 12
HMRC accepted ‘tolerable’ risk of harm in child benefit fraud crackdown https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/12/hmrc-risk-child-benefit-fraud-crackdown #ChildBenefits #Benefits #Children #Communities #Society #Hmrc #Politics #UkNews #Welfare #Poverty #SocialExclusion #HomeOffice
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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World news | The GuardianJan 7
Reeves condemns Farage opposition to lifting two-child benefit cap https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jan/07/racchel-reeves-nigel-farage-two-child-benefit-cap-comments #RachelReeves #NigelFarage #Labour #ReformUk #ChildBenefits #Politics #UkNews
Reeves condemns Farage opposition to lifting two-child benefit cap

Exclusive: Chancellor says Reform leader wants to keep children in poverty based on skin colour after U-turn

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Opinion | The Guardian USNov 27
The two-child limit is abolished at last. Watch out for the narrative that will follow | Frances Ryan https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/nov/27/two-child-benefit-limit-abolished-budget #Universalcredit #Childbenefits #RachelReeves #Budget2025 #Children #Politics #Poverty #Welfare #UKnews #Budget
The two-child limit is abolished at last. Watch out for the narrative that will follow

The right is already in a frenzy about the migrant groups it thinks will benefit – and the budget contained other trade-offs, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan

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Business | The Guardian USNov 26
Rachel Reeves targets UK’s wealthiest in £26bn tax-raising budget https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/26/rachel-reeves-targets-uks-wealthiest-in-26bn-tax-raising-budget #OfficeforBudgetResponsibility #InstituteforFiscalStudies #USGovernmentborrowing #UKcostoflivingcrisis #Governmentborrowing #Taxandspending #Economicpolicy #Householdbills #Publicfinance #Budgetdeficit #Childbenefits #RachelReeves #Energybills #Communities #Budget2025 #Thinktanks #Economics #Politics #Benefits #Business
Rachel Reeves targets UK’s wealthiest in £26bn tax-raising budget

Chancellor axes two-child benefit cap and cuts energy bills paid for by mansion tax and freezing tax thresholds

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