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The High Court decided that 41,000 customers of Northern Rock should be paid compensation due to incorrect wording in their loan documents. With a total award of £258m, that means that the average refund would be…
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A study from the Committee on Climate Change brings further attention on one major issue which is causing many families to struggle, and that is the ever increasing prices of electric and gas bills. In…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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As the weather gets colder, recent studies show that about 15 to 20 percent of families in the West Midlands area live in fuel poverty, and thousands of elderly are struggling to keep their heating…
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Over 30 per cent of people will take on debt to buy Christmas presents for their friends and family, and of those, over 1 million will use high priced payday loans. Studies from Money Advice…
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The new Universal Credit welfare scheme is now being rolled out across Merseyside to lone parents and couples with children. A large number of the Jobcentres will now be processing applications for this benefit. The…