child benefit

British

noun

(in Britain, Canada and New Zealand) a regular government payment to the parents of children up to a certain age

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If you've taken time away from work to care for children or family members, then you get NI credits if you receive child benefit or carer's allowance.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

She says that without it - and UK-administered child benefit - her family would be "really struggling".

From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2026

This policy is specifically directed at universal credit and tax credits, not child benefit.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025

There is often a misconception that the two-child limit affects the payment of child benefit, because it is called the two-child benefit cap.

From BBC ● Nov. 14, 2025

She told the BBC's Money Box programme that about 18 months after the trip she received a letter saying the child benefit for her son had been stopped.

From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2025

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