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Welsh households on universal credit and other benefits to get £100 towards energy bills
Universal credit claimants and those in receipt of certain means-tested benefits will get £100 towards their energy bills this winter, the Welsh Government has announced. It comes as part of a new £51 million support package designed to help around 350,000 people with the cost of living.
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Emma Sterland from charity Scope's online community, says there are plenty of ways disabled people can cut costs
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Autumn Budget Statement: Some benefits to rise by inflation, others cut
Chancellor George Osborne announced he will uprate some working age state benefits by inflation but scrapped other rises
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