1. Post Office Card Account
(Matching tags: benefits)

... designed to pay benefits administered by the Department for Work and Pensions, the Northern Ireland Social Security Agency, Service Personnel and Veterans Agency and Inland Revenue tax credits. Only benefits ...

2. MP Backs Pensioners
(Matching tags: benefits)

... to up rating the basic state pension by earnings in 2012. I’d like to see this happen before then.” The MP added: “A big change is happening this month. Claiming benefits is being made simpler – and about ...

3. MP Calls For Action On Unclaimed Billions
(Matching tags: benefits)

Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is demanding action to tackle unclaimed benefits. The MP says that billions of pounds remain unclaimed every year. Speaking from Westminster, the MP said: “We need fresh ...

4. MP Warns Against Reliance on the Private Sector to get People into Work
(Matching tags: benefits)

Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is urging the Government to stick with a State run employment service in its drive to get more people back into work. He says the private sector, which will bid for contracts ...

5. More Help From Warm Front
(Matching tags: benefits)

7,840 households in Pendle have been helped with heating and insulation grants over the past eight years according to figures released this week by local MP Gordon Prentice. He says the Warm Front scheme ...

6. MP Backs Campaign to Boost Take-up of Benefits
(Matching tags: benefits)

A staggering £10 billion in benefits went unclaimed last year according to the Citizens Advice Bureau. And now Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is urging people to claim the benefits to which they are entitled.” ...