child benefit

British  

noun

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

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Example Sentences

Despite the name, it does not affect child benefit - but relates to tax credits and universal credit payments if you have or had a third or subsequent child born after 6 April 2017.

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The cap does not affect child benefit, which is paid to families where the highest-earning parent earns less than £80,000.

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The report appears to confirm a number of measures which were expected to be included in the Budget, including the end of the two child benefit cap, the extension of income tax threshold freezes for another three years and a new mileage based charge on electric vehicles.

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"I'm hopeful the chancellor will do the right thing on child benefit."

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The UK tax office took a "cavalier" approach to child benefit checks when it decided to strip payments from thousands of claimants after wrongly assuming they had permanently relocated out of the UK, a group of MPs have said.

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