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Thousands of emergency food parcels handed out in Central Bedfordshire last year

Raising the value of benefits would have been preferable to sending out a string of lump sum cost of living payments to households, according to a leading UK economics thinktank which has dubbed the sporadic cash boosts an “ineffective sticking plaster”.placeholder image

Cost of living payments are ‘ineffective sticking plaster’, warns IFS

Prime Minister Boris Johnson promised a levelling-up White Paper in the recent Queen's Speechplaceholder image

Research reveals most urgent issues facing North East Bedfordshire residents

The increase in payments was only designed to last a year. (Photo: Shutterstock)placeholder image

Universal Credit payments could be decreased in April 2021 - here's why

More than 1,500 people in Central Bedfordshire have been moved on to Universal Creditplaceholder image

More than 1,500 people in Central Bedfordshire already on troubled Universal Cre...

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