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The Martin Lewis Podcast

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How Do You Know When Child Benefits Kick In?

From September 2025, all children aged from nine months to school age in England will be entitled to 30 hours of free childcare. The cap on how much you can get under universal credit for childcare is to rise very substantially. In terms of when this starts, it is a phased introduction. It's phased because many childcare providers are questioning the funding model and I do believe that they're going to be paid more.

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