Receive tax credits and no other income-related benefits? You could be paid the first #CostofLiving Payment of £326 in September.
🚫 No need to contact us or apply
💸 £326 will be paid automatically into your bank account if eligible
https://t.co/swt0ZhTB8x
Your payslip might look a bit different this month.
The National Insurance primary threshold is now £12,570, meaning 30 million people will get a tax cut worth up to £330 a year.
That's more money each month to help with rising costs.
Find support: https://t.co/FOxTT3csc6
Just in one week, UK's first Emergency VRS service, #999BSL will become available to Deaf people to call 999 emergency services through our app, saving lives. In few steps, you will be connected to a trained BSL interpreter instantly! #Calling999#BSL#EmergencyHealth
The government has announced a new policy to allow people to put their housing benefit towards paying a mortgage. Is that realistic? Could benefit payments really stretch to buying a home in 21st century Britain? [Thread]
Struggling to pay energy bills, but not in council tax bands A-D, so not due the £150 payment?
Councils got £144m discretionary fund, to give upto £150 to people in this situation
Check out how to apply (though some are very slow to get any of this scheme's money out)
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There’s been a lot in the news about interest rates and inflation, but what does it mean?
Here’s what you need to know 🧵
*Thanks to @bankofengland for the info.
It’s LGBTQ+ History Month!
We’re here for everyone and are proud to stand with the LGBTQ+ community.
From energy and debt to consumer issues and discrimination, if you need advice we’re here for you. #LGBTHM22
⚠️ We're already seeing record numbers of people coming to us for crisis support
and this is before energy prices increase in April.
Our @morgan_wild calls for more government action ⤵️
We along with 30 other organisations are calling on the government to increase benefits in April as the cost of living rises.
Read more ⤵️
https://t.co/KoiOd4nVos
🧵Cost of living: January saw unwelcome records for @CitizensAdvice
270,000 people came to us for help, the peak since the pandemic began
24,000 people required crisis support like food bank vouchers or charitable payments, the highest on record
📈Fuel debt also rocketed [1/]
I’m proudly supporting @rosie4westlancs Private Members' Bill to declare British Sign Language (BSL) an official language of the United Kingdom. #BSLACTNow#Gower
This year’s Strictly Come Dancing Live Tour will be the UK’s first arena touring show that will have a British Sign Language interpreter at every performance.
Performance interpreter Marie Pascall tells #BBCBreakfast how it will work.
https://t.co/m80WUHa862