child benefit
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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
The UK's tax body is reviewing its decisions to strip child benefit from about 23,500 claimants after it used travel data to conclude they had left the country permanently.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 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
Eve's child benefit has now been reinstated with missing payments backdated.
From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025
Claimants who are outside the UK for more than eight weeks will generally not be eligible for child benefit unless there are exceptional circumstances.
From BBC • Nov. 3, 2025
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