child benefit
(UK) A regular government payment made to parents or guardians for each child up to a certain age.
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Kemi Badenoch confirms she wants to plunge 500,000 children back into poverty by reimposing the two child benefit cap and the vile and humiliating Tory rape clause #r4today
Irish Examiner: Second tier of child benefit proposed to replace two social welfare entitlements
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(UK) A regular government payment made to parents or guardians for each child up to a certain age.
“Kemi Badenoch confirms she wants to plunge 500,000 children back into poverty by reimposing the two child benefit cap and the vile and humiliating Tory rape clause #r4today”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Irish Examiner: Second tier of child benefit proposed to replace two social welfare entitlements”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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