The Government has launched an appeal against a ruling
that its controversial benefits cap unlawfully discriminates against lone
parents with children under two. The cap, which came into force last year,
limits the total amount of benefits a household can receive to £23,000 a year
in London and £20,000 elsewhere. But in June, a High Court Judge said the
benefit cap was disproportionately affecting lone parents, and causing “real
misery to no good purpose". Read more on the Independent website.
Fee hikes will price us out of canals, say houseboaters in England and Wales
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Charges to go up by as much as 75% for widest vessels under five-year
licence increases that started in April
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