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How are the child benefit rules changing?

Changes announced in the Budget mean people earning up to £80,000 will be able to claim the benefit.

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How are the child benefit rules changing?

Changes announced in the Budget mean people earning up to £80,000 will be able to claim the benefit.

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‘I earn £70,000 and can now get child benefit payments’

The BBC spoke to people with a range of earnings and household set-ups about how the Budget affects them.

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Post Office ‘not fit’ to handle victim compensation

MPs recommend the Post Office is removed from running any redress schemes for former sub-postmasters.

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Labour and Tories accused of silence over cuts

Tough decisions will need to be made following the next election, the Institute for Fiscal Studies said.

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Nationwide strikes deal to buy Virgin Money

The building society claims it will not make any changes to Virgin's workforce "in the near term".

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Hunt hails National Insurance cut but Reeves says people still worse off

The chancellor says the Budget will help the average worker - but Labour says he gives with one hand, and takes "even more" with the other.

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Online gambling firm Bet365 probed in Australia

The industry has come under increased scrutiny after online betting surged in during the pandemic.

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US Congress inches closer to averting a shutdown

The House backs a $467.5bn spending bill, the first step in averting a partial government shutdown.

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Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI secrets

Linwei Ding is also accused of secretly working for Chinese competitors.

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