HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has apologised after 500,000 child benefit claimants did not receive their payments yesterday (June 3). Some 30 per cent of child benefit payments expected to be paid Monday were not made which equates to roughly half a million people being impacted by the delay Last night, HMRC shared that it had fixed the issue causing the problem and that those affected would be paid by Wednesday morning. The tax authority said: “We are very sorry that some customers did not receive their scheduled child benefit payments as expected and we understand the concern and difficulty …