State Benefits

29 May 2025

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

28 May 2025

Winter Fuel Payment: unwinding problems
Why the Prime Minister’s announcement that he wants "more pensioners" to receive the Winter Fuel Payment was scant on detail. There are good reasons

16 May 2025

HMRC reminder for parents of teens to extend their Child Benefit claim
Child Benefit. Parents of 16 to 19 year olds can extend their Child Benefit claim to guarantee payments in September

14 May 2025

Upper and Lower Earnings Limits
Lower and Upper Earnings Limits and the Upper Accrual Point, from 1990 onwards

08 May 2025

DWP impact assessment of Support for Mortgage Interest loans
The DWP’s report summarising the impact and effectiveness of Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) loans on recipients’ circumstances

07 May 2025

Tax-free childcare - an HMRC reminder
How parents can save thousands on the cost of childcare with tax-free childcare

06 May 2025

Childcare
Tax-free childcare and employer childcare

30 April 2025

Spring Tax Update
The Government’s announcements in its Tax Update Spring 2025

30 April 2025

Child Benefit statistics: annual release
The annual Child Benefit statistics

29 April 2025

The High Income Child Benefit Charge (HICBC) - what you need to know
What the charge is based on, how it is calculated and what options are available to the taxpayer

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