Money expert Martin Lewis has provided an update to worried parents across the country – with up to 30% believed to have not received their child benefit payment as usual today.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00 Hello, my name is Greg Wright and I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post.
00:06 The money expert Martin Lewis has provided an update to worried parents across the country
00:12 with up to 30% believed to have not received their child benefit payment as usual today.
00:18 Many people took to social media across the weekend and into Monday concerned at the lack
00:23 of payment which they were expecting.
00:27 Money saving experts Mr Lewis ran a poll on X which indicated up to 80% of people were
00:33 affected by the delay in receiving payment.
00:36 Mr Lewis has contacted HMRC and he's been told that 30% of people who should have been
00:42 paid today haven't been paid.
00:44 He said that HMRC doesn't have an exact cause or time frame on fixing the issue and has
00:49 requested people not to call them at the moment.
00:53 So update this morning from money expert Martin Lewis about delays affecting many people in
00:59 receiving their child benefit payment.
01:02 My name is Greg Wright and I'm the Deputy Business Editor of the Yorkshire Post.