Work Benefits
Over £10 billion of benefits left unclaimed
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
Budget 2018: What you need to know, incl changes to tax, benefits, Premium Bonds & more
Read our full round-up of the Chancellor Philip Hammond's 2018 Budget
30 October 2018
£50m grant to create 9,000 more free nursery places for working parents
The Department for Education has announced a grant to create nearly 9,000 nursery places for three- and four-year-olds
10 January 2017
HMRC and Concentrix plunged tax credit claimants into 'humiliating hardship', Government report finds
Today the Work & Pensions Committee has published a report condemning Concentrix and HMRC for their
1 December 2016
Concentrix claimants to give evidence to MPs
Tax credit claimants speak in Parliament with HM Revenue & Customs contractor Concentrix
12 October 2016
HMRC faces backlog of 2,000 tax credit appeals after ending Concentrix contract
Around 2,000 appeals against tax credit cuts will be examined by HMRC after it axed the contractor Concentrix
14 September 2016
HMRC to axe tax credit checking firm Concentrix
Concentrix, the firm which checks people's entitlement to tax credits, won't have its contract extended beyond May 2017
13 September 2016
Help to Save scheme to offer £1,200 bonus to low-paid workers
Low-paid workers who put money away in a new savings scheme will be rewarded with a bonus of up to £1,200
14 March 2016
Overtime should count towards holiday pay, rules tribunal
Overtime worked should be taken into account when holiday pay is calculated, the Employment Appeal Tribunal has ruled
4 November 2014
Disability and carer's allowance claimaints to suffer as inflation falls
Disability and carers benefits are likely to rise by just 1.2% next April after inflation figures fell to a 5-year low
15 October 2014
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Update Note 25 May 2017: The ready reckoners below have been updated with the new 2017/2018 living loan amounts. Also since first writing this blog, and seeing the strength of feeling it attracted, I have written an open letter to the Uni Minister asking him to start telling people about this. Yet sadly received his no we won’t...
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