The Bank of England announces plans to expand a lending scheme designed to help businesses and households.
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Cold weather payments hit a record level for March, with 642,900 households receiving £16.1m in help towards energy bills, the government says.
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Government figures show 25% fewer households than expected will be hit by a benefit cap, ahead of its launch in four areas of London on Monday.
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Asda Money reveals that the UK could be facing a power shortage equivalent to 1,000 households in 2015/16(1), if fears regarding a shortfall in electricity are realised.
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More than two million of the poorest households in England will pay more council tax from next week, according to an anti-poverty think tank.
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The poorest 10% of car-owning households in the UK are spending more than a quarter of their disposable income on buying and running a vehicle, research suggests.
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Millions of the poorest households in England face a rise in council tax from April because of benefit changes coming into force, a report says.
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The income of the top 1% of US households has quadrupled over the last thirty years.
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Around 300,000 additional households could be forced into fuel poverty within weeks, according a lobby group.
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Lending to households and businesses increased slightly in the third quarter of the year as a new scheme got underway.
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