Benefits

Some consumers are still reporting huge delays in trying to get through to the crucial HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) tax credits helpline, but not to the same extent as in previous years.

Single mothers will be hit harder than any other group by the coalition Government's programme of benefit cuts and tax rises, losing an average 8.5% of their income after tax by 2015, according to a report released today.

A mammoth 150,000 people have already checked if they're entitled to benefits just 48 hours after MoneySavingExpert.com launched a wide-ranging benefits check-up tool.

Today marks the start of the new financial year, and with it, an overhaul of the tax system which means workers' take-home from this month on will change.

Plans to help the poorest students in England remain in higher education have been unveiled today.

The Government has pledged the biggest shake-up of the benefits system in 60 years, saying 2.7 million households will be better off and almost a million people will be taken out of poverty.

Lone parents have seen big changes to their benefits this year and more is still to come.

Consumers have been told to get set for a bitter winter of record energy prices as they crank up their thermostats as the Big Freeze takes hold.

The Government today confirmed plans to scrap rules forcing everyone to use pension savings to buy an annuity by age 75.

The freezing temperatures across the UK have triggered the first cold weather payments this winter.