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Cost of living: reduce your broadband bill
Looking to reduce your broadband bill? You’re in the right place! Broadband contracts usually run for 12, 18 or 24 months, after which customers are then moved to a rolling monthly contract, usually at a higher rate. If you haven’t reviewed your contract for a while, it’s likely you could be spending a lot less.…
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Spring Budget
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, presented his Spring Budget to Parliament on 15 March. The Chancellor confirmed: 30 hours free childcare for children over the age of nine months, alongside boosts to subsidised childcare for parents on Universal Credit including upfront support. Measures to ease cost-of-living burden will help more…
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Alternative Fuel Payment Scheme update and portal
The Alternative Fuel Payment (AFP) scheme is delivering £200 to households who use alternative fuels such as heating oil, liquefied petroleum gas, coal or biomass, helping around two million off-grid households to meet their energy costs this winter. The vast majority of eligible households have received the payment automatically via their electricity supplier during February.…
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Cost-of-living funding for students
Today (11 January), the government announced that it will provide an additional £15 million in government funding so that universities can provide extra financial support to students that need it to help them to meet everyday costs whilst they are completing their studies. The government has also confirmed that it will freeze tuition fees for…
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Energy Bills Discount Scheme Government Announcement 9 January 2023
The Government has announced a new Energy Bills Discount Scheme (EBDS) to run from 1 April 2023 for eligible non-domestic consumers in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This replaces the current Energy Bill Relief Scheme for non-domestic customers, which comes to an end on 31 March 2023 and provided a reduction on wholesale gas and…
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More Cost of Living support for households
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) have announced more detail on the payment schedule for the next round of Cost of Living support unveiled in the Chancellor’s November statement. The £900 payment for over eight million eligible means-tested-benefits claimants (including those on Universal Credit, Pension Credit and Tax Credits) starts in Spring. Payments will…