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Claims for tax credits must be renewed each year, otherwise the benefit could be stopped.

Millions urged to check for letter from HMRC or risk losing thousands

Child Benefit and Guardian’s Allowance rates are set to increase with the new financial year in April.

Child Benefit payment is set to increase in April - here’s by how much

Parents warned to check child benefit or risk £100 fine and tax charge

Final furlough figures

Four thousand still furloughed when support ended

Furlough figures

Hundreds off furlough as support scheme winds down

You could be eligible for up to £125 if you have been working from home due the pandemic (Photo: Shutterstock)

Millions still eligible for £125 tax refund for working from home - how to claim...

More come off furlough scheme

Scores of Hartlepool workers come off furlough

More furloughed employees returned to work in July.

More people in Northumberland return to work

Furlough numbers fall

2,500 come off furlough in Northumberland

Houghton and Sunderland South. MP Bridget Phillipson. Picture by Frank Reid

Thousands still on furlough as support winds down

Have you checked if you're eligible for the payment? (Photo: Shutterstock)

How to claim up to £125 tax relief if you have been working from home due to Cov...

'Beverage serving' saw the highest return to work rate in April as pubs began to reopen

Northumberland jobs furlough count falls - but more women return to work

48,000 helped by furlough scheme

49,000 in Northumberland helped by furlough scheme

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Lockdown sends furlough numbers up

One in ten Northumberland jobs have been furloughed

More than one in ten jobs in Nothumberland furloughed

The Northumberland area does over £350m worth of business with Europe

Warning over Northumberland's multi-million EU trade

House sales in Northumberland generated £25m in stamp duty last year

Northumberland's £25m stamp duty bill

Construction workers made the most claims for Government help during the virus crisis

Help for self-employed nears £20m in Northumberland

Millions have been furloughed under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Up to 27,000 employers wrongly claimed furlough money - here's how to report you...

Thousands of teenagers are expected to enjoy a windfall this month, as Child Trust Funds begin to mature (Photo: Shutterstock)

How to check if you’re due money from a Child Trust Fund - and how to find a los...

If you’re a recipient of benefits and are due to be paid over the bank holiday weekend, your payment days could change slightly as a result (Photo: Shutterstock)

Your benefits could be paid early this month - here's why

Government loses £2.4bn in fuel revenue due to lockdown

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Latest Northumberland furlough figures revealed

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak

How to sign up for the Eat Out to Help Out scheme

The government’s Self Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) was recently extended by Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s the important deadline date for the Self Employment Income Support Scheme...

The second bank holiday weekend of May is fast approaching, but if you’re a recipient of benefits and are due to be paid over the bank holiday weekend, your payment days could change slightly as a result (Photo: Shutterstock)

Here’s why your benefits could be paid early this month

Easter weekend is shortly approaching, but if you’re a recipient of benefits and are due to be paid over the bank holiday weekend, your payment days could alter slightly (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is why your benefits could be paid early in April 2020

If you’re a regular recipient of tax credits, you might have noticed that your payment has gone in earlier than usual in March 2020 (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is why your tax credits were paid early in March 2020

High earners could be stripped of 40 per cent of their pension tax relief in next month’s budget (Photo: Shutterstock)

High earners face cuts to pension tax relief in the new budget - here’s how it c...