Child Benefit

Over a million families will soon be told they could lose their child benefit entitlement next year, or have it reduced.

Chancellor George Osborne has partly reversed a planned cut in child benefit, meaning more families will be entitled to help than was originally proposed, though anomalies still exist and confusion still reigns.

Pensioners were the big losers from today's Budget, with the news 4.4 million will pay more tax from April 2013, at an average loss of £83 each per year. This has been dubbed the new 'Granny Tax'.

Chancellor George Osborne has partly reversed a planned cut in child benefit, meaning more families will be entitled to help than was originally proposed, though anomalies still exist.

Chancellor George Osborne is poised to water down plans to strip higher earners of child benefit, it was reported last night.

Chancellor George Osborne insists that he will go ahead with controversial plans to axe child benefit for higher-rate taxpayers.

An additional 80,000 low income families are to be eligible for help with meeting the costs of childcare under plans announced today by the Government.

The Office of Fair Trading has opened investigations into a number of websites that charge people for government services that are available either for free or for a lower price.