State Benefits

07 April 2025

Millions of UK families set to enjoy Child Benefit increase
Child Benefit payments, which will increase from 7 April 2025

04 April 2025

Maternity, paternity and adoption leave and pensions
The rules governing maternity, paternity and adoption leave and how pension provision is affected where such leave is taken

24 March 2025

Changes to eligibility for Help to Save Accounts for working Universal Credit claimants - new HMRC Policy Paper
The extension of the eligibility criteria for Help to Save Accounts for individuals who are both working and claiming Universal Credit, with effect from 6 April 2025

28 February 2025

Tax-free childcare - latest statistics
HMRC’s quarterly publication of tax-free childcare statistics

26 February 2025

Tax credits
Availability and nature of tax credits

23 January 2025

National Insurance credits
National Insurance credits, what they are and who can get them and why they might be needed

05 January 2025

Class 3 NIC
The purposes and rates of Class 3 National Insurance contributions (NICs)

18 December 2024

Introduction to long term care
The background to the long term care problem

12 December 2024

New parents who claim Child Benefit online could get their first payment before Christmas - HMRC Press Release
Child Benefit. HMRC’s Press Release, which reveals that more than one million families have claimed Child Benefit using the new digital service launched earlier this year

12 December 2024

Mortgage lending statistics Q3 2024
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)’s and the Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA)’s joint publication on the latest mortgage lending statistics

02 December 2024

Tax-free childcare - latest statistics
HMRC’s quarterly publication of tax-free childcare statistics

27 November 2024

State Benefit and State Pension rates 2025/26
The proposed State Benefit rates and State Pension rates for 2025/26

05 November 2024

High Income Child Benefit Charge - household income basis not going ahead
The scrapping of plans to move to a household income basis for the High Income Child Benefit Charge