HMRC likely to have breached privacy laws in stopping child benefit experts
Thousands of families had child benefit suspended due to flawed Home Office travel data used by HMRC, potentially breaching privacy laws and harming innocent people.
HMRC pauses child benefit crackdown after 23,500 families caught up in data error
HMRC stopped suspending child benefit payments after flawed Home Office travel data caused wrongful suspensions; payments paused and cross-checks with PAYE records will be introduced.