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Registering a birth
You need to register the birth of your baby for many reasons including signing on with a doctor and receiving child benefit.
Childcare and childcare vouchers
Information on getting financial support for your childcare needs.
Child tax credits
There can’t be many parents who haven’t worried about money. Tax credits can help. Find more information about what you are eligible for and how to claim it.
Parents on a low income
Worried about finding the money for essential baby items? Find out more about grants and benefits that can help.
Child benefit
Child Benefit has traditionally not been means tested or taxed, but the rules are changing.