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  • Of course this use of the Additional Costs Allowance is one of the reasons why Mr. Straw and his cohorts are so keen to remove MPs expenses from the gaze of prying eyes.

    Archive 2007-05-27 2007

  • Or, if one is aged between 60 and 64 and have little or no income, and if one's spouse or common-law partner has died, you can also apply for a benefit called the Allowance for the Survivor.

    Kootenay Rockies - News 2009

  • Or, if one is aged between 60 and 64 and have little or no income, and if one's spouse or common-law partner has died, you can also apply for a benefit called the Allowance for the Survivor.

    Kootenay Rockies - News 2009

  • Also over five of those years the sixth isn't available yet he got £104,407 in Additional Costs Allowance, which is supposed to cover the cost of staying away from home, including claiming the maximum for the last two years.

    Early voluntary ID Cards 2008

  • Also over five of those years the sixth isn't available yet he got £104,407 in Additional Costs Allowance, which is supposed to cover the cost of staying away from home, including claiming the maximum for the last two years.

    Archive 2008-11-01 2008

  • People no longer eligible for the disability pension, including those with chronic pain, hearing impairments and obesity sufferers, will be placed on the job-seeker Newstart Allowance, which is a third less than the rate of the pension.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • People no longer eligible for the disability pension, including those with chronic pain and hearing impairments and who are obese, will be placed on the job-seeker Newstart Allowance, which is a third less than the rate of the pension.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Col Collins is particularly critical of cuts to the Continuity of Education Allowance, which is worth several thousand pounds a year and subsidises the cost of privately educating children who might otherwise be moved from school to school with their parent's changing assignments.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • People no longer eligible for the disability pension, including those with chronic pain, hearing impairments and obesity sufferers, will be placed on the job-seeker Newstart Allowance, which is a third less than the rate of the pension.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • At the moment there's nothing stopping someone who has paid off their mortgage, or has a very small mortgage, from using part of the Additional Costs Allowance which is about £22-23k p.a. to buy a £10k kitchen.

    Archive 2008-03-01 FIDO The Dog 2008

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