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Welfare reform changes

In this section

  1. Changes affecting pensioners
  2. Changes affecting Disability Living Allowance/Personal Independence Payments
  3. National Minimum Wage and Living Wage
  4. Local Housing Allowance
  5. Working Tax Credit
  6. Benefits, your applicable amount
  7. Backdating of benefit claims
  8. Income Tax, personal allowance increase
  9. Child Benefit
  10. Temporary absence payments
  11. Family Premium and Allowances
  12. Benefit cap
  13. You are here: Families with more than two children
  14. ESA claimants, Removal of Work Related activity component
  15. Childcare for working parents
  16. Universal Credit
  17. Support for Mortgage Interest (SMI) payments
  18. Employer Childcare Vouchers

Families with more than two children

In 2015 it was announced that benefits would not be paid for more than two children unless the additional children were born before April 6th 2017.

There are some exceptions for special circumstances. 

Find out more on Gov.uk > 

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