Independent shops urge government to support retailers with £2billion returned by supermarkets

Several supermarkets have agreed to waive the business rates holiday and hand over the money saved. Here, we take a look at what it means: – What are business rates? Business rates are paid by every commercial property in the UK. They are similar to council tax for residential properties and are collected by local authorities … Read more

Independent shops urge government to support retailers with £2billion returned by supermarkets

Several supermarkets have agreed to waive the business rates holiday and hand over the money saved. Here, we take a look at what it means: – What are business rates? Business rates are paid by every commercial property in the UK. They are similar to council tax for residential properties and are collected by local authorities … Read more

Independent shops urge government to support retailers with £2billion returned by supermarkets

Several supermarkets have agreed to waive the business rates holiday and hand over the money saved. Here, we take a look at what it means: – What are business rates? Business rates are paid by every commercial property in the UK. They are similar to council tax for residential properties and are collected by local authorities … Read more

£2BILLION employment scheme to get young people into jobs will be launched by the Government today 

Record numbers of young are on benefits with 538,000 under-25s claiming universal credit in lockdown as Government launches £2billion scheme to get them into jobs ‘KickStart’ aims to create hundreds of thousands of jobs for ‘left behind’ youths Number of under-25s claiming Universal Credit risen by 250,000 in lockdown  Increase means one in 13 of … Read more

£2BILLION employment scheme to get young people into jobs will be launched by the Government today 

Record numbers of young are on benefits with 538,000 under-25s claiming universal credit in lockdown as Government launches £2billion scheme to get them into jobs ‘KickStart’ aims to create hundreds of thousands of jobs for ‘left behind’ youths Number of under-25s claiming Universal Credit risen by 250,000 in lockdown  Increase means one in 13 of … Read more

Furlough costs soar by £2billion with more than 100,000 new claims in the last week of July

The cost of furloughing millions of British workers rose by more than £2billion in the last week of July,  new figures show. Some 9.6 million jobs had been covered by the coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (JRS) up to August 2, Government figures show. This was an increase of 100,000 on the previous week. The cumulative … Read more

Doctors to prescribe bicycles as part of £2billion drive to tackle obesity

Bicycles will be prescribed by doctors for patients and all Britons will be offered free training on how to ride in a £2billion drive to get fat Britain ‘on its bike’. Free repair vouchers worth £50 will be handed out and there will be a massive expansion of cycle lanes as part of a revolution … Read more

Crackdown on fraudsters exposes nearly £2billion of false benefits claims and overpayments 

Crackdown on fraudsters exposes nearly £2billion of false benefits claims and overpayments The National Fraud Initiative matches data with public and private sector bodies It has identified £245 million of incorrect payments in the past two years alone The abuses range from housing benefits to disabled parking badges By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 01:31 BST, 19 … Read more

Crackdown on fraudsters exposes nearly £2billion of false benefits claims and overpayments 

Crackdown on fraudsters exposes nearly £2billion of false benefits claims and overpayments The National Fraud Initiative matches data with public and private sector bodies It has identified £245 million of incorrect payments in the past two years alone The abuses range from housing benefits to disabled parking badges By Mail on Sunday Reporter Published: 01:31 BST, 19 … Read more

Boris Johnson pledges £2billion to rebuild Britain’s crumbling schools

Boris Johnson pledges £2billion to rebuild Britain’s crumbling schools and make them ‘fit for the future’ A ten-year strategy will be launched with £1bn to rebuild 50 schools across UK  Further £560m has been released to fund programme of refurbishment in 2020 And £200m spending has been brought forward to fund repairs at colleges By … Read more