Child Benefit

Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm star in the 1956 film High Society. Scotland's high society receive a surprisingly large amount of state benefits (Picture: Film Publicity Archive)

Why are we paying £1.3bn in benefits to highest-earning households? Ian Johnston

Finance Secretary Shona Robison answers questions as she delivers the budget at the Scottish Parliament on January 13, 2026.

Scottish Child Benefit Payment Rise: Who gets it, how much is it?

For some people, Christmas dinner may come from a food bank (Picture: Jonathan Brady)

How Scottish child payment has made real difference to people's lives Kitty Stewart, Emma Tominey and Ruth Patrick

No one knows what the future may hold and how their finances may change when they decide to have children (Picture: Scott Barbour)

Why Labour's scrapping of two-child benefits cap means so much Ruth Patrick

HMRC is reviewing the suspension of child benefit for around 23,500 parents wrongly flagged as having left the UK (Photo: Pexels)

23,500 hit by HMRC benefit suspension - how to get your money back

Campaigners gather on Edinburgh's Calton Hill at the launch of the Scotland Demands Better march (Picture: Jane Barlow)

This government policy pushes 109 children into poverty every day Joanne Smith

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Parents warned to act fast to avoid losing over £2,500 in benefits

Liz Kendall MP, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

Exclusive UK criticised by SNP for 'devastating' refugee child benefits cut

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Child Benefit payments to rise for millions of UK households in April

New Year 2024: all the early DWP and HMRC benefit payment dates

Socrates was forced to kill himself by drinking hemlock in 399BC after being found guilty of 'impiety' and 'corrupting the young' (Picture: Hulton Archive)

Insisting on universal benefits shows we've fallen into Socrates' trap Ian Johnston

Students react after opening their GCSE results at the City of London Academy Southwark (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Parents have just a week to update HMRC or risk losing benefit payment

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More households to receive payments of up to £500 - how to apply

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Child Benefit is the Government's way of acknowledging the extra costs involved with raising a child - but it could be stopped or reduced for these reasons.

Parents warned that Child Benefit could be stopped for these reasons

Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance rates are set to increase with the new financial year in April.

Child Benefit payment is set to increase in April - here’s by how much

Here's all you need to know about child benefits in Scotland. Photo: Denise Duplinski / Pexels / Canva Pro.

All you need to know about child benefits in Scotland

Benefits payments will rise in April (Photo: Adobe)

New rates for Universal Credit as payments rise from today

Child Benefit payments will increase in April (Photo: Adobe)

New Child Benefit rates from next month as payments to increase

Several changes have been made to UK benefits (Getty Images)

How to find out if your benefits have increased this month

This is how much Child Benefit payments will go up by in April - and who can cla...

Pensioners living alone will be eligible for the highest amount of winter fuel allowance

What is the DWP winter fuel allowance, do I qualify and when should I expect it?

Pupils are being advised to wear extra layers

Pupils told to wrap up in class as school windows to be kept open over winter

The scheme is designed to help vulnerable people pay for heating over the colder months (Photo: Shutterstock)

You could be eligible for up to £300 in Winter Fuel Allowance - here's how to ap...

The second bank holiday weekend of May is fast approaching, but if you’re a recipient of benefits and are due to be paid over the bank holiday weekend, your payment days could change slightly as a result (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s why your benefits could be paid early this month

The government is being urged to help people meet rising energy costs as they work from home during the coronavirus lockdown.

Coronavirus: Government urged to help with energy bills

The penalties for failing to file your tax return on time are automatic and fixed (Photo: Shutterstock)

You could be fined £100 if you miss this tax deadline - here’s everything you ne...

The way you claim child benefit could affect your state pension - here's everyth...

Don’t miss this vital deadline if you claim High Income Child Benefit

This is how the August bank holiday might affect benefit payments

Reducing housing costs would have a big impact on tackling poverty, according to a new report which criticises the lack of transparency around the Scottish Government's budget.

Poverty commissioners slam government budget for 'lack of transparency'

Grandparents often don't realise that they are missing out on the scheme (Photo: Shutterstock)

Grandparents who help care for their grandchildren could be eligible for £5,000 ...

Scottish Budget: Why need for £5 Child Benefit top-up is urgent – Stephen Sincla...

Benefits will be paid in advance if a payment is due on Christmas Day (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is when child benefit, PIP, tax credits, DLA and more will be paid to claim...

Moderator of the General Assembly, the Right Rev Susan Brown

Kirk Moderator: Sturgeon must take urgent action over child poverty

Kezia Dugdale was speaking at the Scottis Labour conference. Picture: John Devlin

Kezia Dugdale launches national campaign against indyref2

Terry Wogan. Picture: Jon Savage

Leaders: Why benefits revamp worth pursuing | Terry Wogan

The Chief Secretary to the Treasury said he was lifting the lid on the internal coalition discussions. Picture: TSPL

Danny Alexander accuses Tories of welfare cuts con

Julie Webster, co-cordinator and co-founder of the Greater Maryhill Foodbank in Glasgow. Picture: John Devlin

Foodbank use in UK hits six-figure record

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Taxing the ‘wealthy’ can’t benefit the child

Children are most expensive in their first five years, costing over £200 a week. Picture: Phil Wilkinson

£150k to bring up a child in Britain today

All in all, it has been an equitable recession
Tomorrow’s Budget comes, of course, at a difficult time for the economy and for households. Five years after the recession started, national income is still lo...

Cutting child benefit for the well-off is ‘fair’ says David Cameron

Think-tank warns of benefits ‘incoherence’ as 200,000 opt out of child benefit

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Top Ten money-saving tips: Child Benefit

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Demands for more affordable childcare to help working parents

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Letters: Better ways to read looters the riot act

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Millions of children live in poverty despite their parents working

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Neil Lovatt: Act of faith provides few answers for our universal benefits questi...

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Cash Clinic: Can I get back under the threshold and keep child benefit?

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John McTernan: Fairness for all is not an easy task

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Sheila Gilmore: Simple isn't straightforward

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Letter: Child benefit cut a shortsighted betrayal

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Tam Baillie: We will all pay if we fail to invest in our children

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Blunder leaves Scots parents short of tens of millions in benefit

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