Child Benefit

HMRC is reviewing the suspension of child benefit for around 23,500 parents wrongly flagged as having left the UK (Photo: Pexels)

23,500 hit by HMRC benefit suspension - how to get your money back

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Parents warned to act fast to avoid losing over £2,500 in benefits

More than 15,000 families in Ashfield claimed child benefits last year. Photo: Other

Almost 15,000 families in Ashfield received child benefits last year

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Child Benefit payments to rise for millions of UK households in April

New Year 2024: all the early DWP and HMRC benefit payment dates

Students react after opening their GCSE results at the City of London Academy Southwark (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Parents have just a week to update HMRC or risk losing benefit payment

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More households to receive payments of up to £500 - how to apply

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How to seek compensation as half a million hit by benefit delay

Fewer Nottingham families received child benefits last year

Fewer Nottingham families received child benefits last year

In 2022 7.7 million families across the UK were claiming Child Benefit, with 683,000 opting out.

Fewer Ashfield families claiming Child Benefit

Child Benefit is the Government's way of acknowledging the extra costs involved with raising a child - but it could be stopped or reduced for these reasons.

Parents warned that Child Benefit could be stopped for these reasons
Child Benefit is the Government’s way of acknowledging the extra costs involved with raising a child - but it could be stopped or reduced for these reasons.
Sophie Wills

Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance rates are set to increase with the new financial year in April.

Child Benefit payment is set to increase in April - here’s by how much

Benefits payments will rise in April (Photo: Adobe)

New rates for Universal Credit as payments rise from today

Child Benefit payments will increase in April (Photo: Adobe)

New Child Benefit rates from next month as payments to increase

Claimants should receive their benefits on the last working day before the bank holiday (Photo: Getty Images)

When Universal Credit and benefits payments will be paid over August bank holida...

Several changes have been made to UK benefits (Getty Images)

How to find out if your benefits have increased this month

Were you aware of the changes starting this month? (Photo: Shutterstock)

The 11 tax year changes just introduced and what it means for you

This is how much Child Benefit payments will go up by in April - and who can cla...

You could be eligible for up to £300 of winter fuel allowance - how to apply

The scheme is designed to help vulnerable people pay for heating over the colder months (Photo: Shutterstock)

You could be eligible for up to £300 in Winter Fuel Allowance - here's how to ap...

If you’re a recipient of benefits and are due to be paid over the bank holiday weekend, your payment days could change slightly as a result (Photo: Shutterstock)

Your benefits could be paid early this month - here's why

Over 250,000 parents are currently missing out on government food vouchers, which they are eligible to claim (Photo: Shutterstock)

More than 250,000 parents are missing out on free food vouchers - here’s how to ...

The second bank holiday weekend of May is fast approaching, but if you’re a recipient of benefits and are due to be paid over the bank holiday weekend, your payment days could change slightly as a result (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s why your benefits could be paid early this month

The penalties for failing to file your tax return on time are automatic and fixed (Photo: Shutterstock)

You could be fined £100 if you miss this tax deadline - here’s everything you ne...

The way you claim child benefit could affect your state pension - here's everyth...

Don’t miss this vital deadline if you claim High Income Child Benefit

This is how the August bank holiday might affect benefit payments

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Nottingham crime gang captured in Czech republic and jailed
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