Average household incomes are back to where they were before the financial crisis, according to research by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS).


However the think tank also found that incomes for working age people were still below their 2007-08 level, after adjusting for the...

House prices outstripping incomes pose 'biggest risk' to UK economy

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 4th July 2014 10:32.

says Bank of England deputy Cunliffe * *Fellow Bank official Andy Haldane says raising rates would be 'last defence' against housing bubble*...

Pensioners fare better than working households says ONS

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 2nd December 2013 17:52.

The Office for National Statistics has released figures that show incomes have risen for older householders but fallen for working families since......

Eligible Loan Deduction Scheme

Yes the Government is using legalese again and making something look which it is far from this is the quote:

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The Eligible Loan Deductions Scheme (ELDS) is a joint DWP and Treasury initiative to support the expansion of affordable credit to people...

While temperatures drop, homes across the UK are gradually firing up the central heating. But why do some people feel the chill much earlier than others?

Each autumn - or earlier, if summer is particularly disappointing - there's an argument that sunders households up and down the country....

Those that have had them, know what the form looks like - I have a question.

When I gained my current role last August, I was on JSA - so I assume I cross 1.1?

Amount then goes in 2.1??

2.2 is self explanatory.

Reason ofr asking is notes state...

I was wondering if for I&E's i had to disclose partners incomes and benefits we get in her name at all.

Things like Tax credits Child benefit.


Seeing as the debts are mine could i not just tell them my income (currently JSA) and that has to go towards Rent Arrears,...

The £10,000 a year variation in state pensions, as 130,000 get just £7 a week, while others get £230

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 22nd August 2012 07:24.

New figures from the Department for Work & Pensions have shown a startling difference in state...

Thousands of pension incomes slashed in half as eurozone crisis could see £2,000 a month drawdown..

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 31st May 2012 20:51.

.......*payments cut to £900 *Thousands of pensioners must brace for their incomes to be slashed by half...

Hi all

Just some quick tips if you are planning on going onto reduced payment plan or a DMP with SDG (Littlewoods/K&CO/Very/ISME) or NDR

Reduced payments or self managed DMP
Have an SOA ready, they will ask for incomes and outgoings. They will not freeze interest,...

'We're not better off': OAP anger over Bank's claims that economic policy has helped them

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 23rd February 2012 09:55.

Pensioners have been angered by Bank of England claims that economic policy has helped to prop up retirement incomes....

Pensions industry admits high charges and murky annuities cut 25% off old age incomes

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 10th February 2012 18:45.

Stinging charges and a murky retirement industry are scratching up to 25 per cent off the value of old age incomes,...

Rent-to-own credit sector 'morally bankrupt'

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 30th December 2011 18:43.

Families on low incomes are being exploited by so-called rent-to-own suppliers of household appliances, a children's charity has warned. Barnardo's......

Childcare support 'extended to 80,000 more families'

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 7th October 2011 12:17.

Parents on low incomes who are working less than 16 hours a week will be eligible for childcare support from 2013, under new government plans. Some......