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The Government has changed who is and isn't eligible for the Warm Home Discount scheme, with almost 300,000 disability benefit claimants no longer able to get the rebate. However, the change will see an additional 750,000 households receive the energy payment. Here's how to check if you're eligible.
2 August 2022
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Government figures released today show that up to an estimated £10.1 billion of pension credit, housing benefit and income support were left unclaimed in a single year.
15 November 2018
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Estate agents in England will be required to hold a professional qualification as part of new measures to clean up the house-buying market, the Government has announced.
9 April 2018
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More than 90% of homeowners who are part of the Support for Mortgage Interest scheme face losing up to £5,000 a year within weeks when the benefit is replaced by a loan – if you're affected, you must act NOW.
20 March 2018
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More than £20 million meant to help people struggling with housing costs following benefit reforms wasn't spent by local councils last year, new figures reveal. But if you're affected, it's not too late to apply for help this year.
25 June 2014
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Thousands of social housing tenants have been wrongly hit by the so-called bedroom tax and are due money back, it has emerged.
10 January 2014
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Disability and carers' benefits and the additional state pension will rise by 2.7% in April 2014 – but other benefits will see just a 1% rise, Chancellor George Osborne said in today's Autumn Statement.
5 December 2013
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The Government dealt a huge blow to benefit recipients by revealing in this week's Autumn Statement many handouts will not rise by the same pace as the cost of living.
7 December 2012

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