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MPs reverse Lords welfare defeats
MPs overturn a series of defeats inflicted on the government's welfare reform bill by peers, voting to reinstate child benefit into the proposed £26,000 total cap on payments.
Child benefit reforms 'complex'
Plans to stop paying child benefit next year to families with a higher-rate taxpayer could be hugely complex and a tax on marriage, a tax body warns.
Guides
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A basic guide to benefits
Dozens of different benefits are available for people to claim in the UK, but some are better known than others.
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Housing benefit changes
Who will be affected by cuts to the housing benefit system and by how much?
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All change for benefits
What do the government's plans for Universal Credit to overhaul the benefits system mean for you?
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Claiming benefits: your questions
Darra Singh, chief executive of Jobcentre Plus, answers a selection of your queries about benefits.
Expert Views
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Can child benefit changes work?
An expert explains the likely complications in the government's plan to change the child benefit system
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Paying for care
The system for funded care for the elderly in England.
Your Money Guides
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Am I entitled to claim benefits?
'Edwardian' paternity leave to changeFeatures & Analysis
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Living on welfare
The benefit family on £30,000+ a year
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On the fiddle?
Benefits claimants with Bentleys and yachts Panorama
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Care questions answered
Your questions answered about paying for care for the elderly
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Well, fair?
Big changes to benefits in 2011 provoke debate
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Child benefit
Tax options available to avoid losing child benefit payments
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Benefit cheats
What do credit reference agencies know about you?
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Tax plunge
Can £15bn really be saved by fixing the system
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Cut funds
How scrapping Child Trust Funds affects your family
