Monthly Archives: January 2015
Over 120,000 Scottish households applied for welfare
Maybe shocking to some people when considering the slowly improving economy, the number of families seeking help from welfare in Scotland has increased by about 33 per cent. According to government statistics, during 2014, over…
Fuel bills may decrease up to 7% for big six suppliers
The main big six fuel providers are starting to finally pass savings on to their customers. The government and various “watchdogs” have been putting increasing pressure on them, and they are even getting ready to…
20 per cent increase in Manchester homeless rate
Weak economic conditions and other factors, such as reduction in benefits, have led to a 20% increase in the number of homeless in Greater Manchester. While the exact stats are hard to get, and the…
Scottish owe 10% more to payday lenders than rest of UK
Families in Scotland are struggling even more that others in the UK. They owe about 10% more on payday loans, or about £130 per person, than others in Britain. Not only that, but the average…
Councils facing cutbacks as not using all of their welfare funds
Councils across the UK are not spending all of their welfare funds that they have been allocated. In fact, almost 50% of the money is going unused according to a study from the Centre for…
Over £1.4bn lost to housing benefit fraud and errors
Almost 6 per cent of the government’s housing benefit paid out, or £1.4bn, was either done in error or was provided to fraudsters. This is an even higher amount than in previous years, and goes…
Experts recommend changing fuel tariffs for lower bills
With the price of oil down almost 50 percent last year, many customers of the big six energy providers are not seeing any decrease in their monthly bills. The government is starting to get involved…
Lower grocery prices are in store
In a piece of good news for consumers, the prices of groceries will be going down throughout 2015. It is expected that the big four supermarkets will be reducing the prices of thousands of items, and…
Leicester cracking down on benefit fraud
The aim of the Leicester City Council is to make a small “investment” of about £800,000 in the hope it will return to taxpayers more than £10 million by reducing fraud and corruption across the…