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Giving to charities through Gift Aid is set to become easier and charities will get more, according to the Chancellor.
23 March 2011
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Chancellor George Osborne has confirmed plans to help first time buyers (FTBs) get on the property ladder with a £250 million injection.
23 March 2011
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Chancellor George Osborne will delay the planned rise on air passenger tax by one year, which would have cost flyers a combined £140 million.
23 March 2011
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A mammoth 86% of motorists have called on the Chancellor to bring the price of petrol down to £1 per litre or less, in a huge poll of over 14,000 people.
17 March 2011
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Public sector workers should be stripped of their final salary pensions and instead have schemes linked to average earnings, a Government-commissioned report recommends today.
10 March 2011
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The Government is to embark on a fundamental overhaul of the pensions system to ensure it "pays to save" for retirement, Iain Duncan Smith will say today.
8 March 2011
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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.
17 February 2011
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A successful last-ditch rescue effort has secured the future of many free face-to-face debt advice services for at least another year.
12 February 2011
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Fee-charging firms are already taking advantage of government cuts that may restrict consumers' access to free debt help due to the closure of many advice centres.
11 February 2011
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Opposition MPs have voiced their rage at government cuts that would see many consumers struggle to get free debt advice.
9 February 2011

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