Families who could be in most need of financial help are not accessing the support potentially available to them and recent changes could further deter them from claiming, according to new research by Turn2us, part of the Elizabeth Finn charity. …
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A benefit cap comes into effect in four London boroughs today and limits benefits claims for families to £500 a week while below inflation rises in banefits and tax credits are also introduced.…
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The House of Commons has voted to increase benefits such as maternity allowance and tax credits by only 1% until 2016.…
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Most working-age benefits are to rise by just 1% for each of next three years and child benefit will rise by 1% for two years from April 2014, the Chancellor announced in his Autumn Statement today.…
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Over six million people are in working households in poverty, higher than the 5.1m who are not in work, according to a new Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) report.…
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