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The Guardian // World // Europe

NI parents caught in UK crackdown lose child benefit after travelling via Dublin

Sunday 26th October 2025, 8:00AM

Exclusive: new anti-fraud system fails to account for fact many return to country via airport in Irish capitalParents in Northern Ireland have had their child support payments stopped as part of the UK government’s crackdown on alleged benefit fraud simply because they returned from a holiday via Dublin airport.So far 346 families have had their benefits frozen, an investigation by NI online newspaper, the Detail, shared with the Guardian, has discovered. Continue reading...

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