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But what are the benefits of signing up for Social Security benefits at 62? And does it really hurt in the long run? Here are some pros and cons

Welcome to the national glass centre here in sunderland. we are here to talk about the rising cost of living and how its affecting you and your family. the latest inflation figures are due in the next few minutes — we in the next few minutes — are going to go through explain we are going to go through them and explain how they work and what they say and what the impact might be on pensions and benefits in the months ahead. these are the ones that are normally used to calculate the rise in t...

Austerity we saw in the austerity years under the coalition government of which you were a number? i suspect some of this could be rather tougher. for example, there was a year during the coalition when inflation was higher than earnings growth, about 5%, and wages were three and a bit and there was a row in the coalition about whether people on benefits should get the full increase even though wages were rising fast and the coalition played 5.1 benefit increases in line with inflation so there ...

A new announcement from the federal government could help relieve some of the stress Utahns face during the inflation crisis

Likely get less dialysis. there are potential detrimental effects - likely get less dialysis. there are l potential detrimental effects to my blood chemistry and therefore my physical and mental health as a result. it literally feels like you dont matter and you are being priced out of existence. campaigners say capped energy — priced out of existence. campaigners say capped energy prices for- say capped energy prices for disabled people and substantial benefit increases would make a significa...

Health as a result. it literally feels like you dont matter and you are being priced out of existence. campaigners say capped energy prices for disabled people and substantial benefit increases would make a significant difference. michael buchanan, bbc news. so on the eve of the chancellors statement, live to westminster and our political correspondent chris mason. how do you read the prospects for tomorrow? we how do you read the prospects for tomorrow?— how do you read the prospects for tomo...

Those are all things that come about as a result of this. >> jon: when people have more money in their pockets they tend to spend it, right? its good for everybody. >> thats what drives our economy, 2/3 of our gdp is consumer spending. when people are spending it on things that are priorities for them rather than having the government decide how to spend it its a good thing for american families, our economy and growth and all benefits we expect to see not only in the near term but long term as ...

They separated them into two groups. about half the group went into a group that got mammograms and regular self breast exams and the other group got self breast exams alone. they found there was really no difference between the two groups. they had the same number of cancers and the same number of deaths. theyre making the argument based on this study again that it did not offer benefit over doing your own breast exams. there have been other studies that have shown benefits. and that benefit in...

Vomiting. but of course that is also a symptom of the flu. but in the meantime, the water alert remains in effect. were expecting it to last several days. no word officially about when this water crisis will end. but undoubtedly, nerves are very calm, they may become frayed depending on how long this continues. >> absolutely. thats unstandable. thanks a lot for the update. meanwhile, were going to get you here. there is growing anger now over a newly signed budget deal in washington that cuts do...

What basically if you could just sort of take us through the research, what were the more surprising things, what jumped out at you? >> what was really surprising is that americans support and value social security, they are willing to pay more, as you said, for benefits and they actually want to pay for benefit increases as opposed to benefit cuts. >> when you say this, what exactly, how are they willing to pay for more for it and what sort of benefit increases are they looking for? >> sure. so...