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THE MONARCHY -  The ABC wrote to the Queen and Simon Collyer said that the Right Honorable Sir Iain Duncan Smith's Knighthood was considered a stain on the monarchy. It was explained in a reply from Buckingham Palace that while the Prime Ministe...

CORONAVIRUS - The government are still requiring benefit claimants to attend meetings with their Jobcentre Plus, Work Coaches in England and Wales. whilst in Northern Ireland, this practice has been stopped. Work Coach is a fancy title. Companies sto...

CORONAVIRUS AND CLAIMING BENEFITS NI - Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey MLA today announced measures to ensure the continued delivery of important social security services, in light of the escalating issues around COVID-19. Explaining further...

CORONAVIRUS - This page provides information about coronavirus and claiming benefits. It will continue to be updated. Please check this page regularly for updates on the arrangements the Department for Work and Pensions is making to support...

MENTAL HEALTH - How do you know that you are feeling depressed and not just a bit glum?  There are many reasons to feel depressed at the moment and we must thank insurance company, Insurance With for sending us this handy guide. Thank's fol...

FOOD POVERTY - Despite the coronavirus pandemic the Trump administration has no plans to scrap or delay a rule change that could strip federal food assistance from a million claimants – a programme called SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Progr...

WOMENS PENSIONS - The High Court has set the date of its judicial review for the alleged mishandling of raising the state pension age for women born in the 1950s as 5 and 6 June 2019.The hearing will be into whether 3.9 million women born in the 1950...

HOMELESSNESS - Policy in Practice has been commissioned by the Local Government Association to examine the relationship between the freeze in Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rates and the costs of homelessness to local authorities. Their findings show...

COUNCIL TAX - New research from Citizens Advice finds that many people in council tax arrears can’t afford to pay their debts and have an average of just £7 left at the end of the month after covering their living costs. Some four in 10 have no money...

ECONOMY - Commenting on today’s GDP figures for the three months to January, Head of GDP at the Office of National Statistics, Rob Kent-Smith said: “The economy continued to show no growth overall in the latest three months. Growth in construction, d...