Author Archives: Baljit Badesha

Help with Food and emergencies during Christmas 2022 and New Year 2023.

Ealing Borough NEW Northolt Community Foodbank, Viking Community Centre, Radcliffe Way, Northolt UB5 6HW every Friday 10:30-14:30. Please note that names and addresses of guests may be requested and recorded. Please bring your own carrier bags Ealing Soup Kitchen (ESK) – see first edition of the ‘The Scoup’ Community Newsletter, EU settlement scheme event & Christmas opening times […]

COUNCIL TAX CHANGES – GETTING COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT? YOU WON’T AFTER APRIL 1ST 2013

COUNCIL TAX BENEFIT IS BEING ABOLISHED – AND 90% OF PEOPLE STILL DO NOT KNOW. BENEFIT CLAIMANTS WILL HAVE TO APPLY FOR LOCAL REDUCTIONS – IF THEY EXIST IN YOUR AREA Council tax has undergone major changes, the biggest since the tax was created in 1992. Council tax benefit is being abolished but 90% of […]

Ministry of Justice – proposals for reform – MOJ consultation – answers due in by 24th January

The consultation was launched on the 13th December taking into account the Christmas and new year break it leaves little time for consideration of such a very serious issue. It can be seen at.   https://consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-communications/judicial-review-reform/consult_view   They propose reducing the three months within which an application must be made to 30 days for procurement […]

EAS WARNS BENEFIT CLAIMANTS TO AVOID BANKS WHEN GETTING PAID UNIVERSAL CREDIT

CHANGE YOUR BANKACCOUNTTO A BUILDING SOCIETY ACCOUNT BEFORE APRIL 1ST 2013 IF YOU ARE ON BENEFITS Big changes are ahead with the benefit system. Don’t be caught with the wrong account! Do not use a bank account to receive your benefit money, use a building society or credit union account instead. To protect yourself make […]

Rising rents push more into debt

Rising rents have prompted a record 12,000 tenants who are struggling with arrears to contact a debt advice charity this year. The Money Advice Trust (MAT) says the number of calls it dealt with about rental arrears between January and August was the biggest in the 26-year history of its National Debtline and around double […]

Universal Credit Pathfinder and national rollout

Universal Credit will go live in the Greater Manchester and Cheshire region in April 2013, six months before the national rollout, Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith has announced. The way in which Universal Credit will be introduced from October 2013 has also been confirmed. It will begin in seven locations across the country […]