Day: February 14, 2013

More money advice at West Pilton

The Money Advice Service gives clear, unbiased advice to help you make informed choices.

The Money Advice Service team will be at

West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre

on Friday 22 February and Friday 1 March

between 10am – 2pm to offer a free money health check and benefits advice.

These sessions are by appointment only, so to arrange your meeting with an adviser call West Pilton Neighbourhood Centre on 551 3194 to book an appointment.

For more information about the Money Advice Service could help you, visit moneyadviceservice.org.uk

Letter – Scapegoats

Dear Editor

The Tory/Lib government slogans of a ‘big society’ and ‘we are all in this together’ are shown as a complete sham by their actions against the many.

They are also past masters at diverting attention from the effects of their actions, for example:

• People on work versus the unemployed on benefit

• People on housing benefit labelled as scroungers and layabouts, ignoring the fact that the landlord receives the benefit!

• People on disability benefit made to undergo a further ‘fit for work’ test, run by a private company.

Creating scapegoats is deliberate policy; they fear a people united against their policies of destroying universal benefits and replacing them with means-tested benefits based on the lowest possible level.

A. Delahoy, Silverknowes Gardens