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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.
16 December 2010
The Government today confirmed plans to scrap rules forcing everyone to use pension savings to buy an annuity by age 75.
9 December 2010
The freezing temperatures across the UK have triggered the first cold weather payments this winter.
2 December 2010
The freezing temperatures in parts of the UK have triggered the first cold weather payments this winter, the Government has announced.
25 November 2010
Tough new welfare rules will strip unemployed claimants of benefits for up to three years if they refuse to work, it was announced today.
11 November 2010
Almost half a million public sector jobs will be lost over the next four years, the Chancellor announced today.
20 October 2010
George Osborne announced a £7 billion hit on the welfare budget today as he took an axe to public spending.
20 October 2010
Child benefit is to be stopped for all higher rate taxpayers from 2013 to help pay for a massive overhaul of the welfare system, Chancellor George Osborne announced today.
4 October 2010
Most people aged over 60 can apply now to get help towards their winter energy costs.
4 October 2010
Almost a quarter of a million struggling householders will see mortgage benefit payments dive by a typical £3,700 a year from next month.
29 September 2010
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