National Living Wage comes into force

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 1st April 2016 08:15
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I'm just looking for advice.I have 3500 on a capital one credit card with no hope of repaying.I have a 6 month agreement paying £5 a month.Will I be able to continue with this long term? Do I fill in form every 6 months or just ignore it and continue to pay . will it goto debt collection..Will I be...

Our debts were defaulted in 2007 onward we started UE in July 2012 .

We haven't checked our credit files as we don't want to wake up the creditors, but with things getting harder and harder such as wtc and now council tax help being based on minimum wage for self employed, we are looking...

We received a letter yesterday telling us about the changes that will happen next year .

Basically as we can understand self employed people need to be earning the minimum wage which is £6.70 per hour , for us this is just not possible as business is very slow right now , my husband made...

Sports Direct to review worker rights

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on: 18th December 2015 17:45
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Question regarding Daughters situation. Has 3 outstanding debts with Santander. Current account overdraft around £1500 Credit card debt of around £2500 and a loan of around £8000. All taken out after 2007 and therefore enforceable. Also owes arrears on electric from 2 house moves ago, and owes on...

Budget 2015: George Osborne to unveil pre-election package


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George Osborne is to set out his tax and spending plans in the Budget later - his last before the election.
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National minimum wage to rise by 20p an hour to £6.70

The changes will benefit more than 1.4 million workers.


The hourly rate for younger workers will also rise, and for apprentices it will go up by 20% - or 57p - to £3.30 an hour

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MiHomeCare staff paid less than minimum wage

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 13th March 2015 21:23.

One of the largest care providers in the UK has not been paying its staff the minimum wage, says an internal company document. MiHomeCare examined...
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Government names firms flouting minimum wage

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 24th February 2015 14:21.

*The government has named 70 companies that have failed to pay workers the minimum wage. *The worst offender was care provider East Midlands...

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Thousands of care workers 'miss out on minimum wage'

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 9th February 2015 10:08.

*More than a tenth of UK care workers are being paid less than the national minimum wage of £6.50 an hour, a study suggests. * The Resolution......

Government names and shames 37 National Minimum Wage offenders

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 15th January 2015 10:30.

A further 37 employers who failed to pay their workers the National Minimum Wage have been named today (15 January 2015) by Business Minister...

Welfare minister apologises for disability pay comments

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 16th October 2014 10:49.

*Welfare minister Lord Freud has apologised for "foolish and offensive" remarks in which he suggested people with disabilities could be...

Hello,

It's been a while since I've been here as everything went all quiet, but then 1st credit Finance Ltd has sent a notice of issue of warrant of control to me, informing me that unless payments of £3560 Credit Card debt are made by the 10 Days (12th Oct) the bailiff will call and MAY...

Government 'names and shames' minimum wage underpayers

This is a duplicate of the Blog Entry made on 8th June 2014 18:20.

A list of 25 employers who failed to pay workers the minimum wage has been released by the government. They are the latest offenders to be "named...