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  2. Working Tax Credit - Wikipedia

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    Working Tax Credit (WTC) is a state benefit in the United Kingdom made to people who work and receive a low income. It was introduced in April 2003 and is a means-tested benefit . Despite the name, tax credits are not to be confused with tax credits linked to a person's tax bill , because they are used to top-up low wages.

  3. Child benefits in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    By the end of 1978 the rate had been increased to £3/week for each child, with an additional £2/week payable to lone-parent families. In 1979 the Child Tax Allowance was removed, the value of the allowance taken up in higher child benefit payments, now £4/week, plus £2.50/week extra for lone-parent families.

  4. SMS banking - Wikipedia

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    Screenshot of a typical SMS Banking message on a mobile screen. SMS banking' is a form of mobile banking.It is a facility used by some banks or other financial institutions to send messages (also called notifications or alerts) to customers' mobile phones using SMS messaging, or a service provided by them which enables customers to perform some financial transactions using SMS.

  5. Family Credit - Wikipedia

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    Family Credit. Family Credit (FC) was a social security benefit introduced by the Social Security Act 1986 for low-paid workers with children in Great Britain that replaced Family Income Supplement . The benefit was designed for families with children if at least one person is working more than 24 hours a week on average.

  6. Text messaging - Wikipedia

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    Text messaging. A text message using SMS – the 160 character limit and difficulty of typing on feature phone keypads led to the abbreviations of "SMS language". The word "lol" sent via iMessage. Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic messages, typically consisting of alphabetic and numeric characters ...

  7. Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Mobile operators may also charge more for calls to the islands and these calls are usually excluded from calling plans. Calls and SMS messages sent to island mobile phone numbers are not charged at the same rate as calls to UK mobile phone numbers. Guernsey. This area code is used for the Bailiwick of Guernsey, i.e. including Alderney and Sark.

  8. Google Voice - Wikipedia

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    Website. voice .google .com. Google Voice is a telephone service that provides a U.S. phone number to Google Account customers [1] in the U.S. and Google Workspace (G Suite by October 2020 [2]) customers in Canada, Denmark, France, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the contiguous United States. [3]

  9. Work and Families Act 2006 - Wikipedia

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    Work and Families Act 2006 [1] Parliament of the United Kingdom. Long title. An Act to make provision about statutory rights to leave and pay in connection with the birth or adoption of children; to amend section 80F of the Employment Rights Act 1996; to make provision about workers' entitlement to annual leave; to provide for the increase in ...