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Restoration of the Royal Court theatre on King Street stalled several years ago

Exclusive interview over future of Old Courts and Royal Court Theatre

Adult man in the workplace

Decoding your payslip

HM Revenue and Customs figures estimate around 1,000 people in Wigan declared a charity donation via self-assessment return in the year to April

Very few local taxpayers donate to good causes

More than 5000 families benefitted from tax-free childcare last year

More families benefit from tax-free childcare

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Early benefit and pension payments for millions ahead of Bank Holiday

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Urgent deadline to boost State Pension with NI top-ups looms

Pensions

Financial Matters with Gary Edgerton: Significant boost to state pension pots

Gary Edgerton

Financial Matters with Gary Edgerton: make sure you claim your child benefit

Jane Dennis

Financial Matters with Jane Dennis, Fairhurst Accountants

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

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...

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...

Thousands returned to work, including staff at the Royal Oak on Standishgate, when lockdown was eased in April

Thousands of Wiganers getting back to work after furlough
The number of Wigan workers on furlough is falling by thousands as coronavirus restrictions continue to ease.
Federica Bedendo

Use of tax-free childcare funding is on the rise in Wigan

Wigan parents missing out on childcare cash

Payments were made based on the money saved

Hundreds of Wigan residents benefit from scheme to help them save

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

House sales have slumped

Homes sales slump

Fine dining

How Wigan businesses can sign up to eat out scheme

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Government supports the wages of more than 47,000 jobs across Wigan

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 Helen Johnson

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...

More than 3,000 people took time out of the Christmas Day celebrations to file their tax returns, figures from HMRC show

Over 3,000 people filed their tax returns on Christmas Day

Last year more than 2,000 people sent HMRC their tax returns on Christmas Day

Sort out tax returns now and avoid a late rush!

Rory Appleton

Wigan rugby club in desperate race to pay debt to secure future

Are you sure you're on the right tax code? (Photo: Shutterstock)

Millions of people are overpaying on tax - here’s how to make sure your code is ...

Wiganers are earning less than average wages

Wigan workers earn hundreds of pounds less than the average annual salary in the...

He avoided paying nearly 100,000

Wigan businessman's Â£100k tax avoidance shame

Borough market traders protest outside Wigan Town Hall

Wigan market rent VAT row hits a stalemate

Wigan indoor market

Market traders' dismay at threat to charge VAT on their rents

Some of the tobacco seized

Little silver book is key to tobacco scam

Cash and cigarettes were seized

Wigan pensioner faces jail over Â£16.5m cigarettes operation

Wigan children are living in poverty

A quarter of children in the borough 'living in poverty'

Tax-Free Childcare is a new scheme from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC)

Tax-Free Childcare - 10 things every parent should know

Yvonne Fovargue MP

MP blasts Concentrix as more case reviews start

Police fear more people may have been tricked

Warning after 'tax office' fraudsters target pensioner

Jeff Brown

Popular TV salesman ordered to repay Â£50,000 tax

Time for the tax return

Ten worst (or best) late tax return excuses

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