Surviving the cuts

A lot of people are going to be struggling because of government cuts. The Welfare Benefits Uprating Bill, will keep benefit rises to 1% for three years from next April. This will hit a lot of people and save the government a couple of billion a year. That’s a lot of money. Not as much as the 12 billions the Olympics cost, but still a lot of money.

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11, January 2013 | Categories: Finance, Finance Friday, Frugal Friday | Tags: benefits cap, council tax benefit, Credit rating, government cuts, saving money, Welfare, Zopa | 3 Comments