World news | The Guardian2d ago
Starmer attacks Greens, saying vote for Labour rivals puts new workers’ rights at risk https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/05/starmer-attacks-greens-saying-vote-for-labour-rivals-puts-new-workers-rights-at-risk #KeirStarmer #WorkersRights #Labour #GreenParty #ReformUk #Conservatives #Politics #UkNews #LocalElections2026 #LocalElections #StatePensions #ChildBenefits #Benefits #EconomicPolicy #EmploymentLaw
Starmer attacks Greens, saying vote for Labour rivals puts new workers’ rights at risk

PM also criticises business figures and opponents of changes, many of which come into force on Monday

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Opinion | The Guardian US2d ago
Workers, pensioners and children: all better off. Ignore the critics – we really are standing up for working people | Keir Starmer https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/05/labour-workers-pensioners-children-all-better-off-working-people-keir-starmer #Labour #EconomicPolicy #UkCostOfLivingCrisis #ChildBenefits #Children #MinimumWage #Benefits #Pensions #WorkersRights #Politics #Society #UkNews
Workers, pensioners and children: all better off. Ignore the critics – we really are standing up for working people

Day one rights to statutory sick pay and paternity leave begin on Monday, and that fits the pattern. From my own life, I know people’s anxieties, and I will respond, says UK prime minister Keir Starmer

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World news | The GuardianMar 28
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 GuardianMar 24
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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