Child Benefit payment change leaves parents confused as HMRC urges claimants not to worry

More than eight million households across the UK will receive a cash payment from July to ease the rising cost of living pressures, as the Work and Pensions Secretary Thérèse Coffey sets out detailed plans today.

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has rejected a call from Labour MP, Charlotte Nichols, to widen the eligibility scope for the one-off £650 Cost of Living Payment to include people on contribution-based Employment Support Allowance and other non-means tested benefits.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak recently announced a £15 billion package of additional financial support for millions of households across the UK finding it increasingly more challenging to cope with the rising cost of living.

Tipping Point viewers were left confused as they noticed that the counters were worth less than usual in a charity episode for Soccer Aid. Ben Shephard was back hosting the special charity show for Unicef on Thursday (June 9). TV presenter and former professional footballer Jeff Brazier was up against Lee Juggurnauth, who is one of the presenters on A Place in the Sun on Channel 4, and Liv Cooke, a British professional football freestyler, current five-time world record holder, and former freestyle world champion on the ITV show.

The latest statistics from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) show that in January 2022 there were 5.6 million people across the UK receiving financial support through Universal Credit, a benefit intended to help those out of work or on a low income with daily living costs.

Kristin Scott Thomas has had quite an acclaimed career as an actor. She’s earned numerous awards and has been nominated for an Oscar, thanks to her role in “The English Patient.” Now, she’s ready to step behind the camera and take her shot as a director, and it appears she’s found quite the leading lady to build the film around.

Love Island viewers were left unimpressed after one of the show’s games failed to reveal Gemma Owen’s extremely famous dad – former professional footballer Michael Owen.Titled ‘Nothing To Declare’, the game dished the dirt on this year’s contestants – from threesomes in nightclubs to spending £1,000 on a first date. While we found out information about the likes of Luca Bish, Andrew Le Page and Tasha Ghouri, the segment didn’t feature much about Gemma’s past, including any details about her famous family. Pointing this out, many Love Island viewers quipped that Gemma must have been “livid”.

Chancellor Rishi Sunak recently announced a £15 billion package of additional financial support for millions of households across the UK finding it increasingly more difficult to make their money stretch to cover the rising cost of living.

Scrolling through property sites like Rightmove has become a popular pastime for many people in the UK. Whether you are a house hunter looking for your next home or are endlessly searching for a dream property that you aspire to one day own, Rightmove attracts millions of users each and every month.

The Scottish Government has announced that around 400,000 low income households across Scotland will receive the first £50 payment for a new winter heating benefit in February 2023.

Shopping and payments service Klarna will start to report the use of Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) products to UK credit reference agencies from this month.

An Instagram model, who goes by Mary Magdalene online, is claiming she got kicked off an airplane because of her appearance — and her 22-pound boobs!

Chancellor Rishi Sunak recently announced a £15 billion package of further financial support for millions of households across the UK finding it increasingly more difficult to make their incomes stretch to cover the rising cost of living.

Die Zeit. “It simply isn’t right to romanticise Russia with lyrics like: ‘I follow the Moskva/ Down to Gorky Park…Let your balalaika sing’“.The band have changed the lyrics to: “Now listen to my heart/ It says Ukrainia/ Waiting for the wind to change,” which are projected on a screen behind the band as they perform.Released in 1991, the perestroika power ballad is the German hard rockers’ most famous song; it was voted song of the 20th century by viewers of the public broadcaster ZDF in 2005.Even though the song was released over a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall, it is widely remembered as the soundtrack to the era of economic and social changes in the former Soviet Union that heralded the end of the cold war.Meine said he composed the words on September 3 and 4, 1989, a month after Scorpions performed at the Moscow Music Peace festival.Elsewhere in the interview with Die Zeit, Meine discussed his friendship with Hanoverian ex-chancellor turned Russian gas lobbyist Gerhard Schröder, whose fifth wedding party he attended in 2018.“I haven’t spoken with Gerhard Schröder for a while,” Meine said.

It was recently revealed that the energy price cap is set to increase again in October, leaving millions of Brits out of pocket. In order to help with the rising cost of living, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rushi Sunak, has unveiled plans to give all UK households a £400 energy bill discount later this year.