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Posts tagged: benefits
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'Bedroom tax' prompts payment surge
By Press Association, May 18, 2013
The number of people claiming extra handouts from councils to meet housing costs has soared following the introduction of the so-called "bedroom tax"
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'Calendar Girls' pose exposes benefits cheat
By Sarah Coles, May 15, 2013
A grandmother has been jailed after claiming £75k in benefits while working. Her case was not helped by posing in a nude charity calendar for one of her employers
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Threat of new widows tax
By Sarah Coles, May 09, 2013
Town councils are calling for new powers over council tax. Will this lead to new 'widows tax'?
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Most GPs pressured to sign false sick notes
By Sarah Coles, May 03, 2013
Three quarters of GPs have been under pressure to sign sick notes when someone is well. What's the solution?
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Labour tax credits policy 'lunacy'
By Press Association, May 03, 2013
A former Labour welfare minister has denounced his party's policy on tax credits while in power as "lunacy"
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Ministers disagree in benefits row
By Press Association, Apr 29, 2013
Coalition ministers have traded blows over pensioners' benefits after Iain Duncan Smith urged the wealthy to hand the money back
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A million on long term benefits are fit for work
By Sarah Coles, Apr 24, 2013
Iain Duncan Smith says more needs to be done to help the poorest turn their lives around. So what's his solution, and will it work?
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Benefits shake-up begins in London
By Press Association, Apr 15, 2013
A cap on the amount of benefits people can receive has come into force in a policy that is being trialled in parts of London
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