Councils face legal challenges against pop-up cycle lanes and road closures introduced during Covid-19 pandemic Town halls are facing at least ten legal challenges against road schemes brought in during the pandemic Resident’s groups applying for judicial reviews into measures like road closures The cases include schemes introduced in six London boroughs which campaigners want … Read more
Home repossessions set to surge tenfold next year as support schemes dry up By Fiona Parker For The Daily Mail Published: 22:01 GMT, 19 January 2021 | Updated: 22:01 GMT, 19 January 2021 Home repossessions may surge tenfold in 2022, banking body UK Finance warns. Millions of borrowers have struggled to pay their mortgages in … Read more
Erasmus scheme’s £100million replacement: Government pledges to ‘expand opportunities to study abroad’ after program was scrapped as part of Brexit deal Turing scheme will provide funding for around 35,000 students to go abroad Decision to end involvement in the Erasmus scheme has proved controversial Nicola Sturgeon described the decision to leave Erasmus as ‘cultural vandalism’ … Read more
Erasmus scheme’s £100million replacement: Government pledges to ‘expand opportunities to study abroad’ after program was scrapped as part of Brexit deal Turing scheme will provide funding for around 35,000 students to go abroad Decision to end involvement in the Erasmus scheme has proved controversial Nicola Sturgeon described the decision to leave Erasmus as ‘cultural vandalism’ … Read more
Billions being lost in Covid business loans fraud: Taxpayer faces £40bn bill as cost of emergency schemes soar By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 21:55 GMT, 25 November 2020 | Updated: 21:55 GMT, 25 November 2020 The taxpayer could be saddled with a £40billion bill as thousands of loans handed out under emergency … Read more
Regulators are pressing workplace pension schemes to scrutinise costs more closely to ensure staff are not over-charged. They propose tightening up rules on assessing value for money, including laying down standardised tests on charges and costs, investment performance and quality of service. Some independent governance committees, which are meant to represent the interests of people … Read more
Seven in 10 dentists will go BUST by August unless Treasury acts now: MPs back desperate plea for financial aid Dental practices across the country were ordered to close their doors when the UK lockdown was imposed in March in response to the coronavirus pandemic Many are not eligible for any of the Government’s financial … Read more
Hundreds of thousands of self-employed workers missing out on support under Government’s coronavirus aid scheme By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:50 BST, 17 April 2020 | Updated: 22:19 BST, 17 April 2020 Hundreds of thousands of self-employed workers are missing out on support under the Government’s coronavirus aid schemes. The Self-Employment Income … Read more
NHS heroes returning to help fight coronavirus being targeted by firms promoting tax dodging schemes By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 1 April 2020 | Updated: 23:16 BST, 1 April 2020 Heroic doctors and nurses returning to help fight coronavirus are being targeted by rogue firms promoting aggressive tax avoidance schemes, … Read more
I am 60 later this year and as a deferred member of the NHS defined benefit 1995 scheme I am entitled to claim my mandatory 25 per cent lump sum and receive a monthly pension. There is no benefit to delaying taking these sums. I have worked in the private sector for the last 19 … Read more