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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
I don't think I should participate in this thread any more...it is doing my blood pressure no damn good at all!
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Margaret -I am as incredulous as you at all this siphoning off of tax-payers money out of the UK -had absolutely no idea - but please don't let it make you ill...
Looks like the "Ministry of Silly Walks" has been allowed to creep in and take over. Unbelievable
"A spokesman for HM Revenue & Customs said: “Child benefit payments are in line with EU rules which have been in force for more than 30 years."
So how much has gone out over the years?
“We do not pay child benefit for children living in another EU member state until we are sure the claim is
legitimate.”
Have they popping over to Poland or wherever to check they haven't been bumping up the number of offspring on the sly?
The spokesman added that most of the *payments are made directly into bank accounts in *foreign countries.
That's very nice of them -at least they don't have the hassle of making money transfers...