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Half a million people hit by child benefits payment glitch

Around 30 per cent of child benefit payments scheduled for Monday were not made

The Independent UK · Jun 3, 2024

Child benefit payments delay explained: HMRC issues update

Angry parents have flooded social media with complaints after not receiving their monthly payments

Evening Standard · Jun 3, 2024

Angela Rayner ‘cleared by HMRC’ over council house row

Deputy Labour leader had faced claims she may have dodged capital gains tax and council tax

The Independent UK · May 29, 2024

Zahawi: Tories should have held their nerve and stuck with Johnson

The former chancellor played a key role in ousting Boris Johnson, but suggested MPs got ‘spooked’ into moving against him.

Evening Standard · May 19, 2024

Rubbish music, chatbots and online queues: welcome to your life lived on hold

Last year British taxpayers spent 800 years waiting to speak to HMRC. This is the price of a world digitised on the cheap, says freelance journalist Elle Hunt

The Guardian - UK · May 18, 2024

HMRC leaves callers on hold ‘for 800 years’, says spending watchdog

Report suggests time taxpayers spent on phone waiting to speak to adviser has more than doubled

The Guardian - UK · May 14, 2024

Nadhim Zahawi admits he paid nearly £5m to HMRC after ‘careless mistake’

Tory former minister says he made error over tax paid on sales of YouGov shares after previously saying he was being ‘smeared’

The Guardian - UK · May 12, 2024

Zahawi: I’m sorry for not being more explicit over tax settlement declaration

The outgoing MP for Stratford-on-Avon said the total payment he made to HMRC was ‘just shy of £5 million’.

Evening Standard · May 12, 2024

The digital tax era and its impact on data

A catalyst for positive change in data management, promoting financial health and ultimately business survival.

TechRadar · May 9, 2024

Work and pensions committee chair tells ministers to fix carer’s allowance issues

Stephen Timms says DWP letting unpaid carers incur ‘enormous accidental overpayments’

The Guardian - UK · Apr 27, 2024