Child tax credit

Hello all, any idea how I apply for child tax credit? Also on the website it states “You can only make a claim for Child Tax Credit if you already get Working Tax Credit.”
What do they mean by working tax credit ? The one from my employment ? FTM here and have no clue ! Thank you in advance 🙌

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You can get child benefit (nearly everyone from the government) child tax credits don’t exist anymore, it’s child element under universal credit :)

Have you tried to apply for universal credit ?

Gosh I'm absolutely baffled with if all. I've asked someone to call me as I'm so confused.
They definitely don't make it easy for you x

Child tax is the old version you want to apply for child benefit and if you get universal credit the child element is the new child tax. If you don’t get universal credit then your only entitled to child benefit :)

yes I’ve applied xx

i do get UC

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