Deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has attacked Labour for trying to "pull the wool over people's eyes" about sweeping tax changes that came into effect...

A tax cut that will give the richest people almost £100,000 a year could have increased child benefit for more than 12 million children, according to...

Nearly 50,000 children who live abroad are receiving benefits claimed by immigrant families living in Britain, figures have revealed. Just under 3...

For many families in that 15%, Child Benefit represents the last visible, tangible thing they receive from the state. If they do not send their children to state school, if they use private healthcare, if they pay for their lawyers, drive a car, own their property, and have never claimed welfare, then this may be the only state benefit they have ever received. And put in these terms, they may well feel entitled to it. Of course, it can be argued that they are privileged not to have to rely on state infrastructure not to have to sit on NHS waiting lists or suffer a post-code lottery education.

There may have been few details in Monday's renewal of Coalition vows but one key policy continues to invite debate: the government's plans for childcare. It does now seem clear that the government hopes to use tax relief as its key way of reducing childcare costs.

Former Lib Dem minister Sarah Teather has said she will rebel against the coalition and vote against plans to cut benefit payments. On Tuesday MPs ...

While it may seem obvious on many levels that of course the government should take money from higher earners in a difficult economic environment - in particular when one of the other political debates raging at the moment is about introducing real-terms benefit cuts for those on the lowest incomes, a move likely to plunge even more children into poverty - it has always struck me as singularly unfair that the only higher earners being asked to pay more are those with children.

Thousands of families are in for a "nasty surprise" after not being informed of new child benefit rule changes which come into force on Monday. HM ...

The five things you need to know on Thursday 3rd January 2012... 1) CHILD BENEFIT 'CHAOS' Remember the chancellor's controversial decision to sc...

At CPAG we believe as strongly as anyone that higher earners need to make a larger, fairer contribution to dealing with the deficit. But most high earners don't have children living with them. Why are the majority of high earners being left out?

ICAEW is worried we are going to see the same operational problems arising that we saw for tax credits - especially for those with fluctuating incomes. We want a simplified tax system that is as clear and efficient as possible. However as you can see from the issues raised, this charge will add considerable complications.

As letters fall onto the doormats of families waiting to hear if their child benefit has been cut, a poll commissioned by the Conservatives shows that...

In the shadow of government claims that it is keen to cut a further £10 billion from the welfare budget - on top of the £18 billion of cuts already announced - two issues have dominated recent media debates about government spending on children.

This latest attack on recipients of housing benefit and the born and unborn children of the poor are merely the latest in a wider and continuing class war, unleashed when this coalition government came to power in 2010.

David Cameron will moot slashing benefits for feckless families and young people as he warns the welfare system is causing deep social divisions. I...

Some families could lose around 20 times more than they gain from tax changes by April next year, the TUC is warning. The body said families will h...

The Chancellor had the opportunity to deliver a budget which put vital money back into the pockets of the UK's poorest families. Instead of producing a roadmap to meet its commitment to end child poverty by 2020, the government did little to support the most disadvantaged children.

Child benefit will only be withdrawn if someone in the household earns over £50,000, the government announced today. In his 2012 Budget Chancellor...

Ed Miliband, Ed Balls and I have set two tests for George Osborne's budget today. First, will it get our economy moving - delivering the jobs and growth we need to get the deficit down? And second, will it be fair to families on low and middle incomes now bearing the heaviest burden of Osborne's spending cuts and tax rises?