Labour admits 60% of parents wrongly targeted in HMRC child benefit fraud crackdown
Exclusive: Scale of government’s anti-fraud fiasco is four times higher than previously admittedMore than 60% of parents who had their child benefit stopped by HMRC using incorrect Home Office travel data were not fraudulently claiming the support from abroad, it has emerged.The scale of the...
<p>Exclusive: Scale of government’s anti-fraud fiasco is four times higher than previously admitted</p><p>More than 60% of parents who had their child benefit stopped by HMRC using incorrect Home Office travel data were not fraudulently claiming the support from abroad, it has emerged.</p><p>The scale of the government’s anti-fraud fiasco is four times higher than previously admitted, with 15,000 of the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/28/hmrc-cuts-child-benefit-for-35000-families-based-on-incomplete-travel-data">23,500 parents targeted by HMRC</a> now identified as legitimate beneficiaries living in the UK.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/dec/21/parents-wrongly-targeted-hmrc-child-benefit-fraud-crackdown">Continue reading...</a>
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