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

The Guardian
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

The Guardian
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’

The Guardian
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

The Guardian
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

The Guardian
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

The Guardian
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

The Guardian
Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈Nov 9

Latest Government scandal to target normal people trying to get by.
Trumpian, isn't it?

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/nov/09/hmrc-trial-child-benefit-crackdown

#HMRC #ChildBenefits #Austerity #SadoPopulism #UKPOL #UKPOLITICS #Labour

HMRC trial of child benefit crackdown wrongly suspected fraud in 46% of cases

Exclusive: Almost half of families flagged as emigrants based on Home Office travel data were still living in UK

The Guardian
Opinion | The Guardian USOct 16
My teachers had no idea I was homeless. People like me hide in plain sight in the UK | Isra Sulevani https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/oct/16/homeless-children-government-strategy-child-poverty #Childbenefits #Homelessness #Communities #Children #Benefits #Politics #Housing #Society #Poverty #UKnews
My teachers had no idea I was homeless. People like me hide in plain sight in the UK

The housing crisis has reached catastrophic new levels, and Labour is planning to slash affordable housing even further. It doesn’t have to be this way, says medical student Isra Sulevani

The Guardian
golem5551 at KillBaitSep 26

Andy Burnham criticizes two-child benefit limit as harmful and arbitrary

Andy Burnham, the Mayor of Greater Manchester, has strongly criticized the UK government's two-child benefit limit, which restricts families to receiving universal credit and tax credits for only two children. The policy, introduced in 2017 by the Conservative government, has been condemned as arbit... [More info]