Last year the HMRC (UK's tax authority) admitted that in a child benefit 'crackdown', in 63% of cases where benefits were suspended because the recipient had left the country permanently, actually they hadn't... now that proportion has reached 71% in their latest disclosure - that's nearly 3 out of 4 that wrongly denied benefits!
Its yet one more case of bureaucrats with rubbish data erring on the side of a view benefits claims must be fraudulent!
#benefits #politics
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2026/jan/13/hmrc-wrongly-targeted-child-benefit-crackdown
