This latest revelation means that the UK's HM Revenue and Customs, which administers the Child Benefit, was accessing airlines' passenger bookings data to inform its assessments, without checking whether flights were actually taken.
Innocent families were deprived of a vital benefit because they had taken different routes to exit and re-enter the country, changed their travel plans, or had flights cancelled. Of 23,500 affected families, only around 500 have had their benefits reinstated.
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