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August 2026 statistics on individual insolvencies set out numbers and rates of bankruptcies, debt relief orders and IVAs for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, with quarterly Scotland data and Breathing Space figures for England and Wales.
More than £300 million has been paid out through the Help to Save scheme; HMRC is encouraging low‑income earners to open accounts during UK Savings Week so thousands more savers can benefit from government bonus payments.
Department for Work and Pensions published statistics on the number of households subject to the benefit cap between 15 April 2013 and May 2026, updating the long‑running dataset on capped households.
Critiques Kemi Badenoch’s proposal to replace cash benefits for the long-term unemployed with prepaid ‘back-to-work’ cards that block purchases of alcohol, cigarettes and gambling, arguing such controls would create a black market and harm recipients.