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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Lola Christina Alao

Child benefit changes 2024: How much are payments and when are they paid?

When Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered the 2024 spring budget, he revealed plans to tackle the "unfairness" in the current Child Benefit system—and it looks like families will be better off following the changes. 

Child Benefit is an allowance paid to someone who is responsible for a young person under the age of 16 – or under 20 if they're in approved education or training.

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