Budget 2024: What does it mean for benefits, Universal Credit and cost of living? – The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Chancellor Jeremy Hunt presented his highly-anticipated spring Budget on Wednesday, delivering on his widely-expected 2 per cent cut to national insurance. Amongst Mr Hunts other policy announcements came changes to child benefits, a…

The Brave New World of Local Government Debt Management – Route Fifty

You’re reading Route Fifty‘s Public Finance Update. This article was originally published on Funkhouser & Associates. To get the latest on state and local budgets, taxes and other financial matters, you can subscribe here to get this update in your inbox twice each month. You can find a full archive of these newsletters here.  *** How do we use federal money and…

Biden has canceled $138 billion in student loans. Some say it's not enough. – The Washington Post

Before President Biden took office, Catherine McDermott-Coffin, 76, was resigned to spending the rest of her life repaying $148,966 in federal student loans. The clinical psychologist had worked with incarcerated women at a state prison for more than a decade while paying down her graduate school loans work that should have qualified her for a…

Budget 2024: What does it mean for benefits, Universal Credit and cost of living? – The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Chancellor Jeremy Hunt presented his highly-anticipated spring Budget on Wednesday, delivering on his widely-expected 2 per cent cut to national insurance. Amongst Mr Hunts other policy announcements came changes to child benefits, a…

Bradford taxpayers face years of debt from government support, councillors warn – BBC.com

Getty Images By Aisha Iqbal BBC News Taxpayers in Bradford face years of extra debt as a result of government intervention in the council’s finances, councillors have warned. Last week, ministers agreed to grant Bradford Council 220m of “exceptional financial support” to avoid it effectively going bankrupt. The council will meet on Thursday to rubber-stamp…