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

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

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

From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025

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

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

Hundreds of families have had their child benefit payments stopped because they returned to Northern Ireland via Dublin airport.

From BBC • Oct. 27, 2025

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