The benefit can be claimed by anyone who is deemed responsible for a child under the age of 16.

The advance Child Tax Credit payments, starting in July and lasting six months, will be up to $300 a month for each qualifying child under age 6, and up to $250 a month for each qualifying child age 6 to 17.

Beginning in July, most families with children will receive up to $250 a month per child ($300 for children under 6). Those payments are advances of the Child Tax Credit (CTC). The CTC expansion and monthly advance payments should be extended past their scheduled expiration in 2021.

Between November 2020 and February 2021 43,000 households across the UK were capped in benefits.

School uniform can be expensive and it's no doubt a thought on thousands of parents minds as the schools go back this week. We explain how to check if you're eligible for money from The School Uniform Grant

A Coalition party room meeting this week debated the A$1.7 billion childcare package announced in the budget, which would increase subsidies for families with more than one child in care and remove a cap on subsidies for higher-income families.