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THE IMPACT of the coronavirus pandemic on people seeking benefits in Shetland has been highlighted in a new study, with new claimants for Universal Credit in April around five times higher than in the previous year. New research from the BBC’s Shared Data Unit shows that in April last year there were 267 new starts on Universal Credit in Shetland compared to 52 in the same month in 2019. 3 of 14Adverts By October 69 per cent of those who started Universal Credit in April, just after the pandemic hit, were still claiming. This was the joint second highest number in the whole of the UK, wi...

THE number of new Universal Credit claimants soared in the early months of the pandemic – and many continued to need financial support for at least six months. Across the Southampton (SO) postcode area, there were 12,635 new Universal Credit claimants in April 2020 and a further 14,039 in May 2020. This compared to respective figures of 1,592 and 1,547 from April and May 2019. The analysis of Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) data by the BBC Shared Data Unit shows there were eight-fold and nine-fold year-on-year increases for the months of April and May. Across the UK there was...

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Surrey businesses that have permanently closed in the past year Some of the UK's biggest high street brands, as well as independent retailers in Surrey, have shut their doors for good Updated Denise Iverson, managing director of Belles bridal shop in Woking, which closed down in March 2020 (Image: Surrey Advertiser - Grahame Larter) Get the latest email updates for Surrey with our FREE daily newsletterInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe here When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they’ll include...

The Council claimed that it had listened to resident's feedback and made applications quicker to submit and process, after complaints have been made to the council, as well as a Local Goverment Ombudsman (LGO), an authorities watchdog, ruling mismanagement of badge applications earlier last year. Key changes include now allowing residents to make an application on behalf of another person, an online account is no longer necessary, and applications can be saved while being worked on. Documents can also now be downloaded. These changes come after complaints have been made to the council, ...