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Poorest households hit hardest by energy bill rip-off
The poorest 10 per cent of households have seen their energy bills rise nearly twice as fast as other households.
Transport secretary denies petrol tax cuts as Osborne launches investigation into falling prices
What is happening to petrol prices? The Conservatives can't seem to decide.
Public Accounts Committee says DWP is failing to tackle error and fraud in Housing Benefit claims
Despite years of calls for better management, in 2013-14 overpayments amounted to £1.4 billion and underpayments to £0.4 billion.
This week’s most read: #JeSuisCharlie, Fatcat Tuesday and public ownership
The most read stories on Left Foot Forward this week.
Almost 1 million turn to A&E because unable to see a GP, according to patient survey
940,000 patients turned to A&E because they were unable to get a GP appointment.
NHS in crisis: the worst A&E waiting times for a decade
Around 7 per cent of patients had to wait in A&E for more than four hours at the end of last year - the worst figures since records were first collected in 2004/05.