New DWP 'snooping' powers allowing access to bank account data face scrutiny, with MPs warning public trust and claimant privacy could be at risk.

The newly approved laws also permit investigators to directly deduct an amount from a person's bank account in instances where they owe money to the DWP and are refusing to repay the debt. These ...

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A TV licence is needed in the UK to watch or record any programmes as they are being broadcast live on television ...

This article discusses the 2025 and 2026 short-term and long-term capital gains tax rates.

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San Francisco Planning Commissioner Kathrin Moore has been hit with a $12,000 ethics fine after watchdogs concluded she voted on massive development projects linked to her former employer while still ...

The British government spent 4 billion pounds ($5.5 billion) last year on asylum support, not 60 million pounds, contrary to posts that also compared incorrect estimates for benefits overpayments and ...

Social Security payments are on schedule for February 2026, SSI payments are a little off. What to know to plan your budget, ...

If you already have a TV licence, and you’re realising you no longer need it, you may be able to get a refund, provided that you won’t need it again before it expires and there’s at least a month left ...

Older people can check a certain two-digit code on their National Insurance number to work out when they will get a payment ...

Mr Lewis clarified how this would work for the listener's circumstances. He said: "Your wife is the highest earner, she earns £68,000, which is two fifths or 40 percent of the way through the Child ...