Benefits

A scheme to give free sanitary products to women on low incomes has been launched in Scotland.

Up to 230,000 unpaid carers are putting their state pension in jeopardy by not claiming carer's credit – a benefit that plugs gaps in your national insurance record when you're not able to work because you're caring for someone.

Parents signed up to the new Tax-Free Childcare scheme have told MoneySavingExpert.com they're unable to access money they've put into it and are struggling to pay nurseries and childminders, as massive technical problems continue to dog the site more than a month after it launched.

Parents and carers trying to register for key Government childcare schemes are still encountering technical problems – nearly two weeks after MoneySavingExpert.com first revealed the website was affected by intermittent set-backs.

Tax credit claimants who had payments wrongly stopped by fraud-busting firm Concentrix have received almost £87,000 in compensation from HM Revenue & Customs, a report has revealed.

The Work and Pensions Committee has today published a report condemning HM Revenue & Customs and credit checking firm Concentrix for their "gross failure of customer service".

Many people with children and/or a disability set to receive the universal credit benefit won't be hit as hard as expected after Chancellor Philip Hammond today announced a scale back of previously announced cuts.

If you had your tax credits wrongly stopped by HM Revenue & Customs contractor Concentrix, you may be able to claim compensation on top of backdated payments, MoneySavingExpert.com can reveal – and some have already been sent up to £100.

HM Revenue & Customs has announced that it's ended its tax credits fraud contract with the controversial Concentrix with immediate effect. It follows massive criticism of the contractor's performance and claims hundreds have had their tax credits wrongly stopped.

Tax credit claimants who say their benefits were wrongly stopped by HM Revenue & Customs contractor Concentrix will tell their stories to MPs at a parliamentary evidence session tomorrow (Thursday 13 October).