A number of money changes will take place next month and it is important to make sure you’re well-informed so that you can manage your budget. DWP benefits and pension payments usually land in bank, building society or credit union accounts, on a regular basis such as once a month, …
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A study by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) reveals how the UK’s two-child policy for welfare benefits is negatively affecting 1.5 million children, with more than a million of those affected growing up in poverty. Official government statistics revealed last summer that one in 12 of all UK children …
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April is a month of financial change bringing with it energy price hikes, a rise to benefits delivered by both the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) and HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC), increases to the National Living Wage, Council Tax and National Insurance Contribution deductions. But there’s a lot …
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Widowed Deborah Parsons says she’s been forced to rely on food banks to feed her daughter after she was ‘plunged into poverty’ while she was turned down for a Universal Credit payment. Deborah, from Sidmouth, Devon, is too poorly to work and was given a total of £0 in Universal …
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A hotel housekeeper on universal credit was sacked from a Premier Inn after losing his bus pass, he has claimed. Ashley Saint, 43, has slammed his former employers in the West Bromwich hotel after he was dismissed on September 10. Mr Saint told Birmingham Live that the decision to sack …
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