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Afford their council tax. 27% werent able to pay their gas bill. december is expensive for most households. and we know that 31% of people overall, who used credit to pay for that period arent confident theyll be able to pay it back. the government says it has invested more than £90 million in free debt advice in england, including telephone and online help, but the charity money buddies says their face—to—face services for the most vulnerable are already stretched, and without more financi...

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The national minimum wage is going up, as well — and we are very keen to make sure that when children are at risk and they are properly safeguarded — were working obviously with local authorities and with charities to actively identify children who are at risk, so that they can be properly looked after. that is — that is a really important element of this — of this whole issue. that was the policing minister chris philp. well, gemmas here for a final thought. a hint there, perhaps, that ...

In those circumstances. today, we investigate what is being done to break he county lines. its something you might have read or heard about on the news — "county lines" is defined as grooming by criminals to force teenagers into drug dealing and other activity. drugs are often transported away from the big cities to smaller towns and rural areas by children and vulnerable people. the "county line" is the mobile phone use to take the orders. well, gemmas been looking at this and speaking to som...

I will take a look at that, and if we need to do more to make sure those sentences are as high as possible, we will. is the cost—of—living crisis playing a part when it comes to young people being recruited into drug gangs? no, i dont think so, i think the link between the economy and drug addiction or drug dealing isnt a particularly well established one. thankfully we have historically very low levels of unemployment, it is halved since the conservatives came to office, pretty much at a 50...

Done to break the county lines. it is something you might have read or heard about on the news, county lines is defined as grooming by criminals to force teenagers into drug dealing and other activity. drugs are often transported away from the big cities to smaller towns and rural areas by children and vulnerable people. the county line is the mobile phone used to take the orders. gemma has been looking at this and speaking to some of the families involved. what have they been saying to you? i h...

To actively identify children who are at risk so they can be properly looked after. that is a really important element of this whole issue. that was the policing minister. well, gemma is here for a final thought. a hint perhaps that the government might be looking at a change of policy here. yes, clearly there is an agreement that county line drug gangs are something that need to be tackled. the question as ever is how, and it is something the government have strategies, they are spending millio...

Months time of the national minimum wage is going up as well and we minimum wage is going up as welland we are minimum wage is going up as well and we are very keen to make sure that when children are at risk and they are properly safeguarded, we are working obviously with local authorities and with charities to actively identify children who are at risk so that they can be properly looked after. that is a really important element of this whole issue. that was the policing minister. gemma is her...

Children under16._ children under 16. will that make criminals _ children under 16. will that make criminals a _ children under 16. will that make criminals a victims? | children under 16. will that l make criminals a victims? to make criminals a victims? to make children are being exploited and coerced, the law would not criminalise them those circumstances. today we investigate what is being done to break the county lines. it is something you might have read or heard about on the news — coun...

Would not criminalise them in those circumstances. - today we investigate what is being done to break the county lines. it is something you might have read or heard about on the news, county lines is defined as grooming by criminals to force teenagers into drug dealing and other activity. drugs are often transported away from the big cities to smaller towns and rural areas by children and vulnerable people. the county line is the mobile phone used to take the orders. gemma has been looking at th...