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Mel Stride

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Gender Female
Age 62
Web site melstridemp.com
Date of birth September 30,1961
Zodiac sign Libra
Born United Kingdom
Office Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Party Conservative Party
Job Politician
Education Portsmouth Grammar School
University of Oxford
St Edmund Hall
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Melvyn John Stride is a British Conservative Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament for Central Devon since 2010. Stride currently serves as Financial Secretary to the Treasury and Paymaster General.

Benefit claimants not seeking work to face mandatory work placements

Benefit claimants not seeking work to face mandatory work placements
Nov 16,2023 12:11 pm

... The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Mel Stride, said: " Our message is clear: if you are fit, if you refuse to work, if you are taking taxpayers for a ride - we will take your benefits away...

Welfare cuts worth billions planned by ministers

Welfare cuts worth billions planned by ministers
Nov 12,2023 7:41 pm

... Both Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Mel Stride, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, have spoken in recent months of their desire to get more people off benefits and into work...

Rishi Sunak under pressure from ministers to raise housing benefit

Rishi Sunak under pressure from ministers to raise housing benefit
Nov 10,2023 12:41 pm

... Housing Secretary Michael Gove and Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride have written to the prime minister and the chancellor demanding an increase in Local Housing Allowance rates...

Jeremy Hunt to confirm national living wage to rise to £11 an hour

Jeremy Hunt to confirm national living wage to rise to £11 an hour
Oct 1,2023 5:51 pm

... At a fringe event on Sunday, Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said the government was already looking at the Work Capability Assessment " so it reflects the way the modern world works" including increased opportunities for home-working...

Date set for next £300 cost-of-living payment

Date set for next £300 cost-of-living payment
Sep 19,2023 8:51 pm

... Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said: " The best way we can boost bank balances is by bearing down on inflation, but as we get there, we are ensuring the most vulnerable households are cushioned from high prices with a further cost-of-living payment...

The big questions on the future of the triple lock

The big questions on the future of the triple lock
Sep 12,2023 6:11 pm

... But the Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride won t commit to that...

Triple lock: State pension could go up less than expected next year

Triple lock: State pension could go up less than expected next year
Sep 12,2023 1:21 pm

... But Mel Stride said he could not commit to using it for the calculation...

Angela Rayner stalls on triple lock pensions commitment

Angela Rayner stalls on triple lock pensions commitment
Sep 12,2023 8:41 am

... The same month, Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said a commitment to maintain the triple lock would " almost certainly" be in the next Tory manifesto...

Date set for next £300 cost-of-living payment

Sep 6,2023 1:31 am

By Kevin PeacheyCost of living correspondent

Millions of low-income households will receive The Next instalment of cost-of-living payments between 31 October and 19 November.

Eight million people on means-tested benefits, such as Universal Credit, will receive £300 directly, without the need to make a claim.

It is The Second of three instalments that will eventually total £900.

Separate payments have been made to Some People with disabilities, and will be paid to pensioners in The Winter .

More Than six million people with disabilities received £150 during the summer. At some point in The Winter , over eight million pensioners will receive an extra £300.

Work and Pensions Secretary Mel Stride said: " The Best way we can boost bank balances is by bearing down on inflation, but as we get there, We Are ensuring The Most vulnerable households are cushioned from high prices with a further cost-of-living payment. "

All will be paid directly into eligible recipients' bank accounts, and people are being warned about scammers using The Situation to try to trick people into handing over personal information.

People eligible for payments who are claiming tax credits only will get £300 from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) between November 10 and 19.

The payment reference for bank accounts will be the recipient's national insurance (NI) number followed by " DWP COL" or " HMRC COLS".

Among those eligible for the £300 payment in The Coming weeks are those who receive Pension Credit, and The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is urging pensioners on low incomes to check their eligibility for the benefit.

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Source of news: bbc.com

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