State Benefits

06 March 2026

Childcare
Tax-free childcare and employer childcare

16 February 2026

Winter Fuel Allowance - recovery of 2025 payments
Winter Fuel Allowance

04 February 2026

Tax-free childcare - HMRC research
HMRC’s research on the impact of tax-free childcare on the labour market

05 December 2025

Tax-free childcare - latest statistics
HMRC’s quarterly tax-free childcare statistics

02 December 2025

State Benefit and State Pension rates 2026/27
The proposed State Benefit rates and State Pension rates for 2026/27

19 November 2025

Maternity, paternity and adoption leave and pensions
The rules governing maternity, paternity and adoption leave and how pension provision is affected where such leave is taken

15 October 2025

Paying the High Income Child Benefit Charge - new HMRC process
HMRC’s online service for paying the High Income Child Benefit charge, which is now live

12 September 2025

State benefits on incapacity
The benefits available on sickness or disability

12 September 2025

The Child Benefit trap - using pension contributions to reduce the HICBC
How pension contributions can help to preserve Child Benefit