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HMRC admits 71% wrongly targeted in child benefit fraud crackdown

HMRC admits 71% wrongly targeted in child benefit fraud crackdown

13.01.2026 15:39 | The Guardian World

Select committee chair accuses UK tax authority of ‘egregious error’ and of causing parents unnecessary ‘pain’UK politics live – latest updatesSeven in 10 parents who had child benefit suspended in an HMRC fraud crackdown last year were in fact legitimate beneficiaries who had not emigrated, the tax authority has revealed.The chief executive of HMRC, John-Paul Marks, told the Treasury select committee that 71% of those targeted, higher than the 63% previously admitted, were in error. Continue reading...

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