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HMRC anti-fraud scheme that wrongly cut child benefits to resume

The Observer 22 Mar 2026
A controversial government anti-fraud scheme that incorrectly stripped thousands of parents of their child benefit is to resume, despite ongoing concerns about inaccurate Home Office travel data on which the crackdown is based.
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Thousands of households set for financial boost as two-child benefit limit scrapped

Manchester Evening News 19 Mar 2026
The cap has meant that families could only claim certain benefits for their first two children ... .
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Inquiry launched into HMRC anti-fraud scheme that wrongly cut child benefits

The Guardian 16 Mar 2026
... scheme that resulted in thousands of families being wrongly stripped of their child benefit payments.
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HMRC confirms new weekly Child Benefit payment rates starting in April

Daily Record 11 Mar 2026
The weekly amount parents receive for their first child and additional children will rise from April under the latest benefit uprating ... .
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New HMRC Child Benefit rates as payments to increase in April 2026

Manchester Evening News 11 Mar 2026
Child Benefit rates are set to increase by 3.8% next month - here's a full list of how much each payment will go up by ... .
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Bullets over benefits: Tories will bring back two-child benefit cap and use the savings on defence

The Daily Mail 06 Mar 2026
The Conservative leader said she would reinstate the limit to fund the recruitment of more soldiers to boost Britain's military ....
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Livingston MP's delight as Two-Child benefit cap moves closer to being scrapped

Daily Record 25 Feb 2026
The landmark Bill, introduced by the UK Government, will remove the two-child limit in Universal Credit - a policy that has pushed hundreds of thousands of children into poverty since its introduction in 2017 ... .
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Reform wants to restore the two-child benefit cap: What is it and what does this ...

London Evening Standard 19 Feb 2026
Labour is aiming to scrap the two-child benefit cap, but Reform would bring it back ... .
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Jenrick: I made Farage change his mind on two-child benefit cap

The Daily Telegraph 19 Feb 2026
Robert Jenrick has claimed that he changed Nigel Farage’s mind on bringing back the two-child benefit cap ... The two-child benefit cap, introduced by the Tories in 2017, stopped parents from claiming ...
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Reform's plan to defuse UK 'benefits bomb': Robert Jenrick vows to restore two-child benefit cap ...

The Daily Mail 18 Feb 2026
The party's pick for Chancellor if they win the next election said the party would orchestrate a major clampdown on handouts designed to fix a 'broken' system ....
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Reform would restore two-child benefit cap in full, Jenrick to pledge

London Evening Standard 18 Feb 2026
The former Tory minister is to make his first speech as Reform’s Treasury spokesman ... .
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Reform UK would reimpose two-child benefit cap

BBC News 18 Feb 2026
Robert Jenrick says the country could not afford to .
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Reform UK would bring back two-child benefit cap, says Jenrick

Financial Times 18 Feb 2026
Party’s new ‘shadow chancellor’ is seeking to present a more conservative economic policy platform ....
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