Tag: welfare benefits

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Final low-income cost of living payments go out from this week

Wednesday 7 February 2024
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97% broadband social tariff customers missing out – are you?

Thursday 27 October 2022
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Eligible families better off by £5,000 a year thanks to Contact Family Finance’s advice

Thursday 9 June 2022
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Need help completing your child’s DLA form?

Tuesday 26 April 2022
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New rules preventing Universal Credit claims by most disabled students come into force today

Wednesday 15 December 2021
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Scottish unpaid carers to get double payment of Carer’s Allowance supplement

Tuesday 14 December 2021
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Double payment of Scottish Carer’s Allowance Supplement on 15 December

Thursday 9 December 2021
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‘We had to borrow money, use a food bank and jump through constant hoops’: Dan’s pandemic story

Thursday 2 December 2021
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Scottish Child Payment to increase to £20 per week

Thursday 2 December 2021
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More generous Universal Credit rules for working families introduced from tomorrow

Tuesday 23 November 2021
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Child Disability Payment, Scotland’s replacement for DLA, launched today

Monday 22 November 2021
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Scottish government extends child winter heating assistance to 16-18 year olds on PIP enhanced daily living component

Wednesday 17 November 2021
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Listen to our new podcast on Child Disability Payment in Scotland

Tuesday 7 September 2021
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What is Child Disability Payment in Scotland? Find out in our Facebook Q&A

Monday 23 August 2021
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New Scottish Child Disability Payment launches in pilot areas from next Monday

Monday 19 July 2021
A smiling man and boy sit together at a table in a busy, colorful ceramics painting studio. Both are in blue aprons and holding paintbrushes, with a clay figure and paint palette in front of them. Other people are painting at tables in the background.
Counting the Costs deadline extended – can you get us to 4,000?

Thursday 8 July 2021