Posted on August 27th, 2009.
It is official – the Government has succeeded with its campaign against bullying genuine claimants from claiming benefits they are legally entitled to. In a survey of the 100 most annoying things for 2008, benefit scroungers bet the Credit Crunch and Gordon Brown to the top spot.
["Benefit scroungers are Britains most annoying pet hate"] |
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Posted on July 30th, 2009.
Unfair charges We have all heard about the Jobseekers Allowance Scandal, how LHA rates in most areas have fell dramatically while the rent prices have not decreased by so much and now today, we at New Deal Scandal expose the unfair charges that estate agents such as JSM Property (who were lucky to be featured, [...]
["Housing Poverty: action required now!"] |
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Posted on July 19th, 2009.
People are increasingly loosing jobs, forced to sign on to receive Jobseekers Allowance to scrape by, hundreds of people are now applying for the same jobs and if that wasn’t bad enough, in a bid to save £234 million a year, the Government has decided to pull the £15 per week excess from Local Housing [...]
["£250 million cut to Housing Benefit: claimants plunged deeper into poverty"] |
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Posted on July 18th, 2009.
The Social Security Advisory Committee (SSAC) has been asked by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to consider proposals for the above named regulations. Currently, if the Local Housing Allowance (LHA) rate is higher than their contractual rent, customers are able to keep the excess benefit up to a maximum of £15 per [...]
["Housing Benefit Amendment (no 2) Regulations 2009"] |
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