* Update Tower Hamlets bins strike is over. Waste collections resume Weds 27th Sept. Bin Strike from today to 1st October Tower Hamlets Council says: “A number of Tower Hamlets Council frontline waste service workers
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Tag: pensions
Pensioners – got your winter fuel payment? Pension Credit?
Around 11.6 million pensioners should have started to receive up to an extra £300 on top of the existing £300 winter fuel payment from Weds 23rd November. The money is due to appear on pensioners
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Rising Electricity and Gas Bills
Most pensioners are forced to get by on about £10,000 a year. The full state pension is £137.50 a week. The Government cancelled the pensions triple lock which was meant to keep pensions in line
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Tell Rishi Sunak to properly fund self-care for the elderly
Britains social care system is in crisis. What is Social Care? Social Care includes helping elderly, frail or disabled people remain independent whilst living in their own homes. Care workers and/or family members visit to
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Analysis of the Governments plans for Social Care & State Pensions
I think we can all agree that the Government had to do something. Boris Johnson has had his hair cut, and on Tuesday chaired a full meeting of the cabinet for the first time in
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