Benefits and Financial Support News

The Department of Economic Development has seen great success in supporting local people start their own business with the latest figures showing an increase in...

Building environmentally friendly houses will reduce fuel bills, meaning occupants have more money to spend elsewhere in the economy.  That is the view of the...

Treasury Minister Eddie Teare MHK is to seek Tynwald approval for a pension protection ‘safety net’ to guarantee that no pensioners are made worse off by the...

The Legal Aid Committee was re-convened in 2013 as a result of the Legal Aid Amendment Act 2012. The Committee aims to promote access to justice in a manner...

The Social Security Division of Treasury will be writing to claimants further notifying them of reductions to some elements of Jobseekers Allowance (JSA), the...

Social Security is to close its southern office located in Port Erin from end of business tomorrow (Tuesday 22 July 2015). This follows a serious incident where...

The Treasury is proposing changes to make the income test for child benefit more flexible in response to concerns that the current system is unfair to families...

Changes to jobseeker’s allowance (JSA) designed to further encourage claimants into employment will be moved at the July sitting of Tynwald by Bill Henderson...

Treasury has today published a summary of responses to its recent public consultation on the future of state pensions and benefits in the Isle of Man, which...

Feedback generated at a series of open meetings this week will help to shape a public consultation on the future of state pensions and benefits in the Isle of...