5 h. ago HMRC warn parents to act ahead of August Child Benefit deadline

The Child Benefit is worth £26.05 per week, amounting to £1,354.60 annually, for the eldest or only child.

Events

9 h. ago HMRC urging families to extend teen’s Child Benefit claim online before next month

HMRC has already written to 1.5 million eligible parents reminding them to extend their Child Benefit claim for their 16 to 19-year-old

Society

31 h. ago Larger families could gain more than £20,000 if Labour scraps two

Conservative critics say the two-child cap is essential to preventing families on benefits from receiving packages worth more than the minimum wage

Economics

42 h. ago Labour minister pressed on dad Neil Kinnock's benefit demand in awkward TV exchange

Care minister Stephen Kinnock was pressed by BBC Breakfast host Jon Kay on his dad Neil Kinnock's call for Labour to finally axe the two child benefit limit

Politics

66 h. ago Former Labour leader Neil Kinnock calls for Keir Starmer to scrap two

Lord Kinnock, who led Labour in opposition between 1983 and 1992, is the latest senior party figure to pressure the current Government to end the two-child limit on benefits.

Politics

4 d. ago Children have already said 'I'm bored' 422.2million times this summer

Child development expert Dr Amanda Gummer said that by mid-August many parents are running out of activities to entertain their kids

Politics

4 d. ago Swinney ‘very proud’ of Scots baby box scheme as it marks eighth anniversary

Over 350,000 baby boxes have been handed out to expectant parents since the initiative was launched in August 2017.

Politics

5 d. ago Child Benefit payment warning to parents ahead of important deadline this month

Some parents will need to update their claim if their child is continuing in full-time education.

Events

6 d. ago Parents of teens urged to note deadline and act now to ensure they don't miss out on child benefit payments

Advice Direct Scotland is reminding parents who have a child aged between 16 and 19 that the payments will stop at the end of this month - unless they take action.

Society

7 d. ago Parents issued August 31 deadline to save up to £7,500 in childcare

Working parents of nine-month-olds can already access 15 hours of free childcare a week, but this is rising to 30 hours a week from September - here is how it works

Society

8 d. ago Child Benefit: UK parents warned to act within days to beat HMRC 2025 deadline and avoid losing payments

Miss the Deadline and you could wave goodbye to thousands in support 💸

Events

1 week ago ‘Troubling’ courts service IT bug ‘extremely serious’ – former lord chancellor

The Social Security and Child Support Tribunal, which handles benefit appeals, is thought to have been most affected, according to the BBC.

Events

1 week ago Rachel Reeves opens door to gambling tax hike after Gordon Brown poverty demand

Ex-PM Gordon Brown says a hike in tax on the 'massively undertaxed profit' of the gambling industry could raise enough cash to scrap the controversial two-child benefit limit

Politics

1 week ago Voices: Rachel Reeves won’t thank Gordon Brown for his tax advice

By advocating for an increase in online gambling levies – not to help close the yawning fiscal gap, but to pay for the scrapping of the two-child benefit cap – the former prime minister has suggested that the moral case for higher spending outweighs the need for fiscal responsibility, says John Rentoul

Politics

1 week ago UK hasn’t seen poverty like this for 60 years, says Gordon Brown in call to scrap two

The former prime minister backed reforms to gambling taxes in order to generate the £3.2bn needed to scrap the cap

Politics

1 week ago Gordon Brown blasts return of 'poverty of 60 years ago' as he makes one big demand

Former Labour Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned the Government must act now on the two-child benefit limit and said he's seen a return to the poverty of 60 years ago

Politics

1 week ago Tax gambling industry more to lift 500,000 children out of poverty, government urged

The gambling industry should pay a ‘fairer share,’ former PM Gordon Brown said

Politics

1 week ago Hundreds of thousands of households missing out on £1,354 benefit

There are now 214,000 parents eligible for Child Benefit but not claiming it

Economics