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Benefits plan to 'make work pay'
Changes to benefits are needed to get 600,000 more people into work, says a think tank set up by Iain Duncan Smith.
Call to simplify benefits claims
Billions in benefits go unclaimed
Rich and poor gap 'remains high'

A man and a woman walking with a child Rich and poor gap 'remains high'
The gap between the rich and poor in the UK remained at a high level in 2007-8, according to official statistics.

Silhouette of worker Insurers 'could provide welfare'
Insurers rather than the government could provide benefits such as sick leave, a report suggests.

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Getting sick between booking and taking holidays
Care home worker Care fees
Claiming the funds to which you are entitled
National Insurance card Benefits loophole
One self-employed businessman's story of missing out
Piles of pounds What is poor?
How do we measure poverty in a downturn
Coins Recession rescue
Where to go for help in the downturn
Food shopper paying at till Life costs
The price of a minimum standard of living


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BENEFITS BASICS
Tax credits were introduced in April 2003 and are administered by HM Revenue and Customs
An expectant mother must give an employer 28 days' notice of the date she wants maternity leave to begin
Up to £10.5bn in income-related benefits went unclaimed in Britain in 2007-8
GUIDES
What are your rights as a parent?
Dealing with tax credit overpayments
Child benefit explained
Student fees and loans
Battling bills - what help is there?
Q&A: Tax credits
Pension Credit guide
Education maintenance allowance
Paying for funeral costs?
VIDEO AND AUDIO REPORTS
Jill Pay Carers' benefits 'complicated'

Grandparents Grandparents 'should be paid'

LATEST STORIES
Fraud warning on tax credit date
Wrong benefit payments continue
Billions in benefits go unclaimed
Problems hit student loans system
Call to simplify benefits claims
Dads 'lose out' on parent leave
Benefit errors 'can be recouped'
Child poverty duty to become law
UK child poverty figure unchanged


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