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A carer paying back nearly £20,000 in Carer's Allowance after going over the earnings limit without realising told MoneySavingExpert.com the experience has left her "devastated".
22 October 2024
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Some claiming Personal Independence Payments (PIP) say they have yet to receive their money for this month, leaving many struggling for cash ahead of Christmas. The disability payments were due to be paid on Monday (5 December).
6 December 2022
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Thousands of public sector workers in England could soon see their redundancy packages cut under new rules set out by the Government that will see additional "special severance payments" (SSPs) drastically reduced. Here is all you need to know.
13 May 2022
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Millions of people who receive certain benefits, including the state pension, could get a one-off tax-free £10 Christmas bonus from the Government. If you are eligible, the money should be paid automatically but you can make a claim if you think you've wrongly missed out. 
6 December 2021
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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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Income tax cuts will be brought in a year earlier than planned and an extra £1 billion spent to help protect those moving onto universal credit, as part of the 2018 Budget unveiled by the Chancellor Philip Hammond.
30 October 2018
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Almost 9,000 free nursery places for children in England will be funded by a £50-million grant, the Department for Education has announced today.
10 January 2017
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The Work and Pensions Committee has today published a report condemning HM Revenue & Customs and credit checking firm Concentrix for their "gross failure of customer service".
1 December 2016
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Tax credit claimants who say their benefits were wrongly stopped by HM Revenue & Customs contractor Concentrix will tell their stories to MPs at a parliamentary evidence session tomorrow (Thursday 13 October).
12 October 2016
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Around 2,000 appeals against tax credit cuts will be examined by tax officials in the wake of HM Revenue & Customs' decision to axe a controversial contractor hired to cut fraud, it emerged today.
14 September 2016

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