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Rare Spurs book on sale to raise money for Haringey carers
Spurs book worth thousands of pounds will be sold by the Mayor of Haringey
9:40am Thursday 22nd March 2012 in
A Spurs book worth thousands of pounds will be sold by the Mayor of Haringey to raise money for charity.
The hand stitched and leather bound book concerns the 125-year history of the club and includes exclusive interviews from key Tottenham Hotspur players.
The 50cm by 50cm book, which is the largest produced about the club, weighs more than 30 kilos and is 800 pages long.
For too long the work that carers do has gone unnoticed and unrewarded
Putting carers in the spotlight
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| Posted on 21 March 2012
Across the country there are more than six million people who give up their time to help loved ones. They might collect their medication, sort out their laundry, assist with managing their money or help them get ready in the morning. If you were to ask each of these six million about the support they provide, the vast majority would say they were just being a good relative, or neighbour, or friend. Very few would categorise themselves first and foremost as a carer.
Carers free from tax credit cuts
Plans to change tax credit entitlement that would have cost couples with disabled children up to £3,870 a year have been altered.
Plans to change tax credit entitlement that would have cost couples with disabled children up to £3,870 a year have been altered.
Millions of working low-income families can claim tax credits, in addition to some benefits.
Changes in April mean couples with children will have to work for 24 hours a week between them, not 16, in order to qualify for working tax credit.
However, the government has now made carers exempt from this change.
