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Aunt Bessie now looks like Myleene Klass

Mark Andrews: Aunt Bessie's makeover, and PM is right about two things Mark Andrews

The number of young people out of work in Shropshire has seen a sharp rise

MP voices concern at rising unemployment among 18-24 year-olds

Scott Bradley, volunteer with Knighton & Presteigne Food Bank, setting out some of the children's sunhats, suncream and paddling pools.

Schools Out - Don’t Go Hungry, Knighton and Presteigne foodbank urges

But beware of making hasty bookings without doing some research first. Holiday fraudsters will use fake online adverts that may look very similar to the real thing.

Council report details threats to Telford tax payers' cash

Benefit claimants drop across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin

Benefit claimants drop across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin

‘No-fault’ eviction leaves Telford mum of three with ‘no money for Christmas’

Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin councils among 38 to get extra power against rog...

Benefit claimants drop across Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin

Powys foodbank manager praises community

Money Matters: How your household finances could be affected by next week's Budg...

Money Matters: £500m of energy debt to be wiped - are you eligible?

Unemployment rates across West Midlands show little change

Shropshire jobless figures fall as unemployment in West Midlands remains highest...

The end-of-year money checklist for people in the West Midlands

Money Matters: Save on broadband and phone deals with social tariffs

DWP Benefits before Christmas: 13 DWP payments worth over £7,000 you could get b...
Families could be eligible for £7,000 worth of benefits payments before Christmas 💸
Fionnuala Bourke

Number of young unemployed rises by 20 per cent in Telford & Wrekin - but overal...

Charity calls for action as 210,000 Scottish children found to be food insecure

More than 700 people with a disability could be missing out on extra income

Money Matters: How your household finances can change when your child leaves edu...

Family hubs to be rolled out across every council in England by the Department f...

Family hubs to be rolled out across every council in England

Alleged people smuggling gang member ‘made millions while on Universal Credit’

'A missed opportunity' - South Shropshire MP slams government's welfare reforms

Scottish government minister says UK welfare reforms should be abandoned

The welfare reform vote: All you need to know

Warnings of tax rises after Downing Street welfare U-turn
Some 126 Labour backbenchers had signed an amendment that would have halted the Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill in its tracks.
Caitlin Doherty, Christopher McKeon and Nina Lloyd, PA

Labour MPs demand ‘reset’ in relations with Number 10 after welfare U-turn

What does the UK spend on welfare – and how much will it rise?

Starmer makes U-turn in bid to head off Labour welfare revolt

Government announces concessions to welfare bill after talks

Government expected to unveil welfare Bill concessions after talks with rebels

Government expected to unveil welfare concessions after talks with Labour rebels

Starmer seeks to win round welfare rebels with promise of ‘fairness’

Starmer to press on with welfare reforms as 120 Labour MPs prepare to defy him

Welfare reforms will lead to ‘appalling poverty’ – Labour MP

MP opens new state-of-the-art STEM building at Shrewsbury school and welcomes fr...

More than 7,000 children across Telford set to benefit as government announces m...

Money Matters: How the Spring Statement could impact your household finances

Money Matters: How much Severn Trent Water bills are going up and how you could ...

Number on Universal Credit for health or disability up by half a million in year

Money Matters: Benefits and wages to rise next month - here's how much more you ...

Money Matters: 'Legacy benefit' claimants risk losing money if they miss Univers...

Employment figures jumped by almost 20,000 for the West Midlands in the most rec...

Money Matters: How to check your benefits eligibility as millions goes unclaimed

TV chef: Child poverty strategy must include healthy start scheme improvements

Extra 7,000 people on unemployment benefits in West Midlands despite fall in une...

Shropshire money advisor says budget lacks support for struggling households

Ovo boss says Labour should launch social tariff to tackle rising energy bills

Matching Scottish child payment would lift 563,000 out of poverty – SNP

Families with children hit hardest by 14 years of tax and benefit changes – IFS

Nearly 2.1 million pupils in England now eligible for free school meals

Keisha is making an impact on In-Comm Training course

Money Matters: Free childcare scheme is expanding - what you need to know

See early payment dates for Universal Credit and benefits over Christmas and New...

Plus The Shropshire postcodes entitled to cold weather payments as temperatures hover...

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