David Bentley
Content Writer at Birmingham Mail
Content writer (Birmingham Live, focusing on DWP, money, travel), music/movie geek, award-winning blogger (Geek Files), ex-DJ, beard pioneer. Views are my own
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1 week ago |
birminghammail.co.uk | David Bentley
Cost of living pressures in this part of the city mean four in 10 people claim benefits and a fifth turn to payday loans and buy-now-pay-later schemesA screenshot of the new Financial Vulnerability Index map - where Perry Barr is hardest hit by the cost of living in the whole of the UKAn area of Birmingham has been named the most 'financially vulnerable' in the UK. Research has found that more than 40 per cent of its residents are claiming benefits, more than triple the regional average.
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1 week ago |
birminghammail.co.uk | David Bentley
If you have not seen a boost in your Universal Credit yet, there are still more dates coming up when it could be appliedMany Universal Credit claimants are yet to see the annual rise applied to their benefits but there is still time yet - see our list of dates belowThousands of people in receipt of Universal Credit are yet to see the effect of the April payment increase.
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1 week ago |
msn.com | David Bentley |Chris Ballinger
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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1 week ago |
msn.com | David Bentley |Will Twigger
Microsoft Cares About Your PrivacyMicrosoft and our third-party vendors use cookies to store and access information such as unique IDs to deliver, maintain and improve our services and ads. If you agree, MSN and Microsoft Bing will personalise the content and ads that you see. You can select ‘I Accept’ to consent to these uses or click on ‘Manage preferences’ to review your options and exercise your right to object to Legitimate Interest where used.
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birminghammail.co.uk | David Bentley
We know now the dates for Eid ul Adha 2025 in most nations around the worldHundreds of prospective Hajj pilgrims from across the world perform prayers at Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, ahead of the celebrations and feasting of Eid ul Adha 2025(Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)Eid ul Adha dates have now been announced in most countries around the world.
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I do agree Winter Fuel Payment must be more targeted. Hopefully the Household Support Fund given out by councils will also be more targeted and less of a postcode lottery, as it could offer energy support to older people who are just over the threshold for Pension Credit
So, the PIP reforms consultation is over (as of 11.59pm last night). What do people think should/will happen next? https://t.co/LekrcCaZX1
Not convinced by calls to lift the two-child cap on Universal Credit. That would make welfare, not work, a solution to family budgeting (and family planning). It feels like oppositional politics, not a common-sense solution @bphillipsonMP @leicesterliz https://t.co/dEgoi7IUBs