HM Revenue and Customs

Rosie the sniffer dog with the illegal tobacco products that were seized in Hebburn and Jarrow.

South Tyneside Council continues robust action against illicit trade

Rosie the sniffer dog with the illegal tobacco products that were seized in Hebburn and Jarrow.

More than £10,000 worth of illegal tobacco products are seized

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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

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

Final furlough figures

Two thousand still furloughed when support ended

Furlough figures

Hundreds off furlough as support scheme winds down

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...

More come off furlough scheme

Hundreds come off furlough in South Tyneside

Furlough numbers fall

Almost 1,000 come off furlough in South Tyneside

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Thousands on furlough as support winds down

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...

'Beverage serving' saw the highest return to work rate in April as pubs began to reopen

South Tyneside jobs furlough count falls - but more women return to work

Childcare cash

More in South Tyneside sign up for childcare help
More parents in South Tyneside are getting help with the cost of childcare through a Government scheme, new figures reveal
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23,000 helped by furlough scheme

23,000 in South Tyneside helped by furlough scheme

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Lockdown sends furlough numbers up

One in ten South Tyneside jobs have been furloughed

More than one in ten jobs in South Tyneside furloughed

Tyneside does over £1bn worth of business with Europe

Warning over Tyneside's £1bn EU trade

House sales in South Tyneside generated £5m in stamp duty last year

South Tyneside's £5m stamp duty bill

Construction workers made the most claims for Government help during the virus crisis

Help for self-employed hits £6.5m in South Tyneside

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

Chancellor Rishi Sunak

Third of South Tyneside jobs placed on furlough
Nearly 20,000 jobs in South Tyneside have been covered by the Government furlough scheme to combat the coronavirus crisis, new figures show.
Katie Williams

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak

How to sign up for the Eat Out to Help Out scheme

Manufacturing businesses, including Nissan in Sunderland, were among those to use the furlough scheme launched by the Government to help protect the long-term future of jobs during the coronavirus crisis.

This is how many South Tyneside workers have been placed on furlough by their bo...

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

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...

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 ...

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This is when Universal Credit, Child Benefit and Tax Credit will be paid over Ea...

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This is when Universal Credit, Child Benefit and Tax Credit will be paid over Ea...

The Man Vs Food restaurant

South Shields restaurant named, shamed and fined for failing to pay thousands of...

Durham University's Palatine Centre

Revenue warning to students over fake tax refund offer

A row of To Let estate agent signs outside houses. Picture by Yui Mok/PA Wire

Huge increase in South Tyneside homes bought as second homes or buy-to-lets

The Stadium of Light.

South Shields businessman spent 'stolen' tax on Disneyland holidays and Sunderla...

Newcastle United have lost the latest round of their legal battle against HMRC.

Newcastle United lose legal battle over seizure of documents in tax investigatio...

St James's Park was raided by tax officials in April.

Newcastle United await High Court ruling over documents seized by tax officials

St James's Park was raided by tax officials in April.

Newcastle United fight back in court following raid of club by tax inspectors

Tax-Free Childcare is designed to allow more parents to get back to work.

10 things every parent should know about Tax-Free Childcare

Mrs Margaret Burns is made an MBE by the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace. Photo credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Archive.

Civil servant receives MBE at palace ceremony

Burniston's haul.

See the Â£1.8million cigarette haul that landed one man in jail

Buying a pair of flip-flops was one of the more expense claims revealed by HMRC.

Revealed: Top 5 worst tax return expense claims

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