Warning to over half a million parents missing out on £1,970 a year – get extra cash after change to child benefit rules

HUNDREDS of thousands of families are missing out on free HMRC cash worth an average of £1,970 a year.

In fact, child benefit help worth a collective £1.65billion is expected to go unclaimed this financial year, according to analytics firm Policy in Practice.

As of April 2024, child benefit is now worth £25.60 a week for the first child plus £16.95 a week for other children – up from...