Local News From the Seaford Newhaven and Peacehaven area
A consultation is being launched over Lewes District Council’s proposal to increase support for low-income families and people in financial difficulty. Cabinet councillors on Thursday, June 10 agreed to move ahead with plans to consult on a new scheme for 2022/23 that would reduce council tax bills for the worst-off working-age people or those on the lowest incomes in the district. It would also remove the minimum income […]
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) is sending out about 2.5 million annual renewals packs to tax credits customers from this week. Customers should check their details in the renewal pack and report any change in circumstances to HMRC. The packs will be sent out over the next six weeks and […]
Around 2 million of the UK’s lowest-paid workers will benefit from an increase in National Living Wage and National Minimum Wage National Living Wage will rise 2.2% to £8.91, and be given to 23 and 24-year-olds for the first time Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng urges workers to check their pay […]
The Taxman doesn’t go away even in these hard Covid times , so if do make a note of this warning about paying your tax in time:- Self Assessment taxpayers have just over a week to pay any outstanding tax liabilities in full or set up an online payment plan […]
Maria Caulfield MP has welcomed the Chancellor’s budget, which will help all residents of the Lewes constituency through the rest of the pandemic and beyond. The budget includes extending support measures implemented during the Coronavirus pandemic to continue helping people and companies as we ease out of restrictions, as well […]
The three islands in Hampden Park’s pond are receiving name plaques thanks to funding from councillors. A competition to name the islands at Decoy Pond ran some years ago and the winning suggestions were Reed Retreat for the smallest, Drakes Den for the northern island and Herons Haven for the […]
We all hear of the Government helping out because of Covid -19 disruption, but does it not go through our minds how the money adds up? Here are a few ideas that have been given to us:- There is currently an excess of 9.9 million people who have been furloughed […]
51% of us said that our other half does not know their annual income 59% of millennials have secret financial products Talk Money Week (9th-13th November) aims to get the nation to start having conversations about money As a nation we are notoriously secretive about our money. Yet, while the coronavirus pandemic […]