Limited impact on the Welfare State: here are a few relevant entries:

 

3.53 Benefit fraud and error – As announced by the Secretary of State on 9 February 2017, DWP will work in partnership with an external data provider to better identify fraud and error caused by undeclared partners.

3.52 Tax credit debt – As announced by the Secretary of State on 9 February 2017, DWP will recover a volume of HMRC tax credit debt using its existing powers including the use of Direct Earnings Attachment.

 

5.16 Exceptions to limiting support to two children – As confirmed on 20 January 2017, the government will provide exceptions to limiting support to two children for the child element in Child Tax Credits and Universal Credit. These exceptions are for third and subsequent children where parents face particular circumstances, such as multiple births.

 

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spring-budget-2017-documents