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'Clunky' DWP system affecting new £900 Cost of Living payments

The Treasury Committee said payments to people on means-tested benefits should be spread out over six months in winter

Liverpool Echo

New £900 cost of living payment cannot be more frequent due to ‘clunky’ computer systems

The Treasury Committee said payments to people on means-tested benefits should be spread out over six months in winter.

Daily Record

Clunky systems hindering more frequent cost-of-living support, says committee

The Treasury Committee previously called for cost-of-living payments to people on means-tested benefits to be spread out over next winter.

The Independent UK

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'Clunky' systems mean hard-up families miss out on monthly cost-of-living cash

Tory MP Harriett Baldwin, chair of the Treasury Committee, said it is "disappointing to hear that clunky systems will prevent the delivery of six regular support payments next winter"

Daily Mirror

Deliveroo cutting 9% of staff; Bank of England governor pledges to get inflation down – as it happened

BoE governor Andrew Bailey has warned MPs that paying for public sector pay rises with borrowing could push up inflation

The Guardian - UK

Bosses of major banks defend branch closures

In a Treasury Committee hearing they also denied relying on customer account switching inertia

Insider UK

Bosses of major banks defend branch closures to MPs

Chief executives from NatWest Group, Barclays UK, HSBC UK and Lloyds Banking Group appeared before the Treasury Committee.

The Independent UK

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Plans to reimburse bank transfer scam victims are ‘fundamentally flawed’, Treasury Committee warns

‘Putting an industry body in charge of reimbursing scam victims is like asking a fox to guard the henhouse’

The Independent UK

Plans to reimburse bank transfer scam victims are flawed – Treasury Committee

Victims of fraud have been waiting too long for a fair and functional scam reimbursement scheme, MPs said.

The Independent UK

Average 27-minute wait on HMRC self-assessment helpline in January

In December, the average waiting time was 28 minutes, according to a letter to the Treasury Committee from HMRC chief executive Jim Harra,

The Independent UK

Lenders have ‘obligation’ to support struggling borrowers, Bank governor says

In a meeting about the UK’s financial stability, Andrew Bailey told the Treasury Committee that banks are much stronger financially than in the past.

The Independent UK

More than 750,000 households at risk of mortgage default, regulator warns

The figures were included in Financial Conduct Authority correspondence published by the Treasury Committee

The Independent UK

Extra 570,000 mortgage holders ‘at risk of payment shortfall in next two years’

The figures were included in Financial Conduct Authority correspondence published by the Treasury Committee.

The Independent UK

DWP £900 Cost of Living Payment - everything we know so far

The government will issue an extra cash boost next year to help support vulnerable households

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£900 Cost of Living Payment 2023/2024, who gets it and how it may be split

Eight million households will get the £900 payment between April 2023 and March 2024, which won't be sent all at once

Nottingham Post

DWP £900 Cost of Living payment could be split into 6 separate instalments

The payments will be given in 2023 and 2024

Manchester Evening News

DWP £900 cost of living payment should be split into six instalments, MPs say

The support will continue to help people on means-tested benefits

Wales Online

DWP cost of living payments should be split into six, say MPs

A committee has told the Government to change the way it supports people on Universal Credit and other benefits through the crisis

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The Independent UK

Cost-of-living support should be spread over six months, say MPs

Payments totalling up to £900 will be given to households on means-tested benefits in 2023-24.

Daily Mirror

Brits must 'take responsibility' for bills when energy support ends, Jeremy Hunt warns

The Chancellor told MPs on the Treasury Committee that if households reduce their energy usage by 15% they could save £500 per year on bills

The Independent UK

Buy-to-let sector could be particularly hit by rising mortgage rates, MPs hear

There could be a serious impact on the availability of rental property over the course of the next year or two, the Treasury Committee was told.

Daily Mirror

Top Tory bizarrely claims mini-Budget 'so detailed' it couldn't be assessed by watchdog

Treasury Minister Andrew Griffith suggested the Office for Budget Responsibility would have struggled to get through the 40-page document in time - directly contradicting the watchdog

The Independent UK

MPs demand economic forecast alongside Kwarteng’s mini-budget

The Tory chairman of the Treasury Committee said such data is needed to ‘provide reassurance and confidence to international markets and investors’.

The Independent UK

Fiscal watchdog ready to publish forecast for new PM’s spending plans

The OBR’s confirmation puts the new government in the position of having to formally reject its offer.

The National (Scotland)

Rishi Sunak grilled over energy bill support for second home owners

RISHI Sunak has suggested it is impossible to stop second home owners from benefitting from energy bill support.

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