Child benefit: Planned reform scrapped
Source: BBC
Getty ImagesThe government is scrapping a planned change to child benefit rules that would have allowed more parents to claim the payment.Currently child benefit is withdrawn when one parent earns above a certain amount, but the previous Conservative government planned for claims to be based on household income from April 2026.Chancellor Rachel Reeves made no mention of child benefit in her Budget speech on…
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