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RENTING - A new ‘How to Rent’ guide has been released by Government – with landlords reminded they MUST serve this version at the start of any new tenancy or renewal. Rules were brought in five years ago making it mandatory for landlords to prov...

PARLIAMENT - Housing, Communities and Local Government Evidence session on the Covid-19 pandemic, homelessness and rough sleeping Monday 14 December, 4.00pm Watch the session live at www.parliamentlive.tv The Housing, Communities and Local Gover...

US BENEFITS - U.S. Census Bureau data shows that the average retirement age in the United States comes in at about age 65 for men and 63 for women. Age 63, however, would actually be considered an early retirement age, at least as far as how your Soc...

CHRISTMAS PAYMENTS - The Government has published payment dates for state benefits over the festival period in England. All benefits apart from Universal Credit due to be paid on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day or Bank Holiday Monday December 28 will be...

WASHINGTON, DC – U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia issued the following statement regarding the November 2020 Employment Situation Report: “The economy continued to add jobs in November, with a 344,000 increase in private sector payrolls and labo...

EMPLOYMENT CHANGES - New proposed measures to allow workers’ greater freedom to find new or additional work have been unveiled by Business Secretary Alok Sharma today (4 December 2020). The consultations will look at reforming the use of exclusivity...

NATIONAL EXPRESS - If you are thinking of travelling over Christmas, please take this into consideration.  There will be less demand than normal for coach travel but there is still a need, particularly over the festive season with no trains runn...

UNIVERSAL CREDIT - Emergency benefits increase saved 700,000 from poverty, study shows. The warning comes as a new Legatum Institute report shows the emergency £20-per-week increases to both benefits brought in at the start of the pandemic...

DISABILITIES - Today is the the International Day of Persons with Disabilities with a week-long programme from 25 November to 3 December 2020 under the theme: “Building back better: towards an inclusive, accessible and sustai...

POST OFFICE RESPONSE - Further to our enquiry from Brian who asked: I am a little bit confused as to whether my state pension will be available at any Post Office using the card system in the future. I am 87 years old and have got used to the PO...