Plans to get tough with the big six energy suppliers have been unveiled by Energy Minister Chris Huhne at this afternoon's Liberal Democrat conference.
Many benefits are to be paid less frequently, it was announced today, in a move ministers say will better prepare jobless claimants for the world of work.
The Government is to bring forward an increase in the state pension age to 67 under plans to prolong the working life of millions of people under 50, according to the pensions minister.
Funding cuts to the Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) in England and Wales have left tens of thousands in debt with nowhere to turn for help, the charity revealed this week.
8 September 2011
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