Call for inquiry after families stripped of child benefit due to flawed travel data
Flawed Home Office travel data wrongly suspended child benefit for thousands, prompting calls for an urgent independent review and full public disclosure.
MPs ask HMRC to explain child benefit error that froze payments to parents
23,500 families had child benefit halted after HMRC used incomplete Home Office travel data, wrongly suspecting emigration and fraud; MPs demand answers and assurances.