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Direct landlord payments see rise in housing benefit claimants

19 November 2008

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Money Matters

19 November 2008

I want to focus on a couple of really annoying issues this month. The first is petty FoI requests...

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Local government pension costs soar

13 November 2008

The cost of staff pensions at town halls has soared by 20% over the past three years.

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Flood victims win tax break

13 November 2008

Over 1,500 flood-hit families will receive assistance with their council tax bills, after the Gov...

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Government returns withdrawn Westminster anti-poverty money

13 November 2008

Whitehall officials have returned £2.5m to Westminster LBC, after the Government admitted it wron...

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Money Matters - US election

13 November 2008

The race for the White House has now been decided and the new US president, Barack Obama, awaits ...

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Money Matters

11 November 2008

As we begin to see the impact of the economic downturn through increased cost pressures on key se...

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Scots face big pensions bill

10 November 2008

Scottish national and local governments have been forced to pay out £40m to cope with record poli...

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Spending to rise by £6bn despite economic gloom

10 November 2008

Local authorities plan to spend £112bn providing services during 2008/09 – £6bn more than last ye...

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Money Matters: Olympic inspiration

10 November 2008

Back in the summer, we were all immensely proud of our athletes bringing back a record haul of me...