Family & Health

Many children have been left disappointed after letters from Santa failed to turn up in time for Christmas.

Over a million families will lose, or have their child benefit entitlement reduced next Monday. What's more, many who aren't eligible for the benefit may be wrongly paid it, and will have to repay the cash at a later date unless they opt out before 7 January.

It's one year since an e-petition signed by more than 118,000 people forced Parliament to debate putting financial education on the national curriculum.

The Government dealt a huge blow to benefit recipients by revealing in this week's Autumn Statement many handouts will not rise by the same pace as the cost of living.

Chancellor George Osborne has announced a blow for benefits recipients, with many handouts rising by less than the rate of inflation.

Elderly people are in danger of being stripped of their dignity and assets because of a failure to tackle how care is funded, it is claimed.

Around 500,000 disabled people are "expected to lose out" when the Disability Living Allowance (DLA) is scrapped, a report claims today.

Unemployment fell to its lowest level since spring, official figures show today.

A number of benefits are likely to rise by just 2.2% in April, following the publication of today's inflation figures.