Monthly Archives: December 2014
Rugby citizen Watkins sentenced for £40,000 benefit fraud
One Rugby citizen is lucky to avoid jail after receiving a 24 week suspended sentence. Julie Watkins plead guilty to a long running fraud in which she falsified information to receive benefits. The total take…
Pensioners income to take a hit
Hundreds of thousands of pensioners across the UK will receive an increase of less than £1 per week next year, and some couples may receive as little as 60p. This news will surprise many senior…
About 20 households face eviction daily in Manchester
Due to the weak economy and flat wages, as well as increasing rental costs, around 20 households are facing eviction each and every day. This is based on surveys of tenants that are requesting help…
Councils are cracking down on housing fraud
A new scheme will strongly encourage councils and local authorities to crack down on fraud in the welfare system, with a focus on housing. As much as £35m is being used as a cash award…
Wages of workers in the UK keep falling
Not only have the annual wages of workers fallen for six years straight, but they are now down about 9 per cent from what they were in 2008, when adjusting for inflation. Combine these lower…