Unlocking pension cash could mean missing out on benefits and other entitlements later in life, experts warn By Money Mail Reporter For The Daily Mail Published: 17:01 EDT, 21 September 2021 | Updated: 05:13 EDT, 22 September 2021 Pension savers could unwittingly cut off their entitlement to certain benefits and other financial help by releasing … Read more
Benefits claimant wrongly received more than £100,000 thanks to poorly managed tax credit system that saw £6BILLION wrongly given out HMRC oversaw large sums paid following the logging of incorrect information Claimant switched to universal credit and subjected of ‘significant investigation’ HMRC revealed the greatest overpayment debt for someone changing from tax credit to … Read more
Benefits claimant wrongly received more than £100,000 thanks to poorly managed tax credit system that saw £6BILLION wrongly given out HMRC oversaw large sums paid following the logging of incorrect information Claimant switched to universal credit and subjected of ‘significant investigation’ HMRC revealed the greatest overpayment debt for someone changing from tax credit to … Read more
Second homes tax break blitz: Owners of a second property who claim benefits by classing it as a holiday home face clampdown Second home owners benefiting from tax breaks face clampdown from taxman At present they are able to declare they are renting out properties as holiday lets Means they are charged business rates instead … Read more
Growing up in a bilingual home can provide unexpected cognitive benefits later in life – especially if exposed to two or more languages from birth. Experts say infants from bilingual homes gather more information by shifting their visual attention more frequently than those in single-language homes. ‘Early bilinguals’ – those who learn a second language … Read more
Halfords benefits from lockdown cycle boom with bike sales up 34% By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 21:45 GMT, 14 January 2021 | Updated: 21:45 GMT, 14 January 2021 Halfords has benefited from a lockdown cycle boom with bike sales up from last year Halfords has benefited from a lockdown cycle … Read more
Pensioner homeowners are missing out on thousands of pounds of income by failing to claim their full entitlement to state benefits. Some 42 per cent of eligible homeowners are failing to claim any benefit at all, losing out on £830 a year on average, according to a report by Just Group, a specialist in retirement products … Read more
Elderly Britons who flout Covid rules after both jabs could ‘more than offset’ the benefits, experts warn Experts fear many will stop social distancing after they have been inoculated Protection from Covid only kicks in about two weeks after the first vaccine dose It remains unclear whether the jabs stop infection or just stops people … Read more
The devastating impact of the coronavirus crisis on workers has been laid bare by new statistics which show vast swathes of the UK have seen the number of benefits claims more than double since March. The number of people claiming unemployment benefits stood at 2.6 million in October, an increase of approximately 1.4 million since … Read more
Good news for parents: Playing video games BENEFITS mental health, Oxford University scientist claims Time spent playing video games could have a positive impact on wellbeing Researchers at the Oxford Internet Institute accessed the data on two games Players experiencing enjoyment from game had a more positive wellbeing By Bhvishya Patel For Mailonline Published: 01:52 … Read more