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Revealed: GPs charging domestic violence survivors £100+ to sign legal aid forms
People who've suffered domestic violence can be charged more than £100 by their GP for supporting legal aid applications
25 November 2016
NatWest, RBS and Tesco ATMs to allow charity giving
Customers will be able to donate money to charity while withdrawing cash from this week
13 June 2012
'Don't make kids pay the price of rising energy costs'
Energy firms should do more to help struggling families with children heat their homes, says Save the Children boss Justin Forsyth
6 January 2012
More help urged over fuel poverty
Poor families struggling to heat their homes are not getting the help they need from energy suppliers, a charity warns
4 January 2012
Citizens Advice funding cuts leave 10,000s without help
Following funding cuts, the Citizens Advice Bureau has recorded a huge drop in the number it has helped this year
8 September 2011
BT launches low fees charity-giving site
BT has launched an online charity-giving website that provides good causes with almost all of the amount donated
7 April 2011
Charities in plea over unclaimed benefits
3 February 2010
2009 'the worst ever year' for many
14 December 2009
Pension credit boost to benefit half a million
2 November 2009
The loan firm that charges 2,400% interest
29 July 2009
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Update September 2017: It’s eight years since I first braved this subject, expecting a snowstorm of protest. Instead, year after year more join in, like Julia who recently tweeted me, “@MartinSLewis, finally took your advice and told my family I can’t afford Christmas presents. What a weight off my mind. Thank you.” One year even the Archbishop of... -
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