Benefit Claimant Uses £500 Crisis Loan for Botox and Christmas Makeover Friday, December 26, 2025 dwp universalcredit crisisloan benefits debtrepayment makeover botox childbenefit taxpayer financialsupport Emily Cutter, a self-described “benefits influencer,” sparked controversy after revealing she used a £500 crisis loan from the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) for Botox and a Christmas makeover instead of essential … Read More
Parish Council Dispute Sparks Calls for Apology Over Taxpayer Fund Waste Wednesday, December 3, 2025 dudley parishcouncil budget libdems conservatives labour feasibilitystudy taxpayer council politics Dudley council leaders are under pressure to apologise after nearly £10,000 was spent on a parish council feasibility study in Cradley that critics have labelled a Liberal Democrat vanity project. The issue was raised during … Read More
HMRC Halts Thousands of Child Benefit Payments Over Flawed Travel Data Sunday, November 16, 2025 hmrc childbenefit traveldata ukgovernment benefits apology bureaucracy taxpayer employmentdata bordercontrol HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has issued an apology after tens of thousands of parents had their Child Benefit payments wrongly suspended due to incomplete and inaccurate travel data. Among those affected was a woman who … Read More