Citizens' Advice offer new support for European nationals to stay in Scotland after Brexit
8 August 2019
A dedicated helpline and specialist advisers will help EU, EEA and Swiss nationals work through their UK settlement applications
Over 13,000 households hit by benefits cap, DWP figures reveal
1 August 2019
New firgures show over 13,000 households have been hit by the benefits cap since 2013
Two-child benefit cap figures reveal ‘human cost of nasty policy’, CPAG says
31 July 2019
Fresh HMRC figures show the policy’s impact in the past two years
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