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Help to Save extended to April 2025

Help to Save extended to April 2025

HMRC has confirmed that plans to extend the Help to Save scheme by 18 months, until April 2025 have been confirmed. The Help to Save scheme is intended to help those on low incomes to boost their savings. Eligible users of the scheme can save between £1 and...
Cost of living payments 2023-24

Cost of living payments 2023-24

The Cost of Living support package has been designed to help over 8 million households in receipt of mean tested benefits. The details for Cost of Living Payments due in the 2023-24 tax year have been published.  Eligible recipients will receive up to 3 Cost of...
Pensioner Cost of Living Payment 2023-24

Pensioner Cost of Living Payment 2023-24

The Cost of Living support package has been designed to help over 8 million households in receipt of means tested benefits. The details for Cost of Living payments due in the 2023-24 tax year have been published. Eligible recipients will receive up to...
Spring Budget 2023 – Childcare changes

Spring Budget 2023 – Childcare changes

One of the main areas targeted by the Spring Budget was changes to childcare. Billed as a revolution in childcare, the Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, said that he wanted to reform the childcare system to help more than a million women come back to work.  The 30-hours...
Mortgage Guarantee Scheme extended

Mortgage Guarantee Scheme extended

The Mortgage Guarantee Scheme was set to end on 31 December 2022. In a last-minute announcement from HM Treasury, it was confirmed that the scheme will now be extended for a further 12 months until 31 December 2023. The scheme helps prospective home buyers (mainly...
Second cost of living payment

Second cost of living payment

Back in May 2022, the then Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced a package of support measures targeted mainly to the most vulnerable members of society. One of the main measures was the Cost of Living support package to help over 8 million households in receipt of mean...