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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

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

Families say they felt they were treated like criminals when child benefit payments were wrongly stopped after going on holiday abroad due to errors.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025

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