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A BENEFITS worker who swindled more than stanley cup 拢80,000 in dodgy handouts has had her speeding fine cut 鈥?after claiming she is too skint to pay.Nicola Alcock, 40, pocketed housing benefit and tax credits as a single mum for years, despite being married and working for the Department for Work and Pensions.4 Benefits cheat Nicola Alcock had her speeding fine cut after claiming she聽skintCredit: Cavendish Press4 The mum claimed she was single but stanley cup was married and working for the DWPCredit: Cavendish PressShe was stanley cup caught out after gushing about her home life and her husband Gerard Thornton on a dog-sitting website.Alcock, who worked in a DWP pensions centre at the time of the fraud, was back in court on Wednesday over the non-payment of a speeding fine.She was clocked doing 36mph in a 30mph zone by a mobile speed camera near her home last March but failed to pay the penalty.4 Nicola had her 拢220 fine cut to just 拢40 after being caught speedingCredit: Cavendish Press Manchester LtdAlcock was slapp Lnfv UK to remain in lockdown until coronavirus deaths fall with peak fatalities three weeks away
UNIVERSITIES are to offer fast-track degrees which will leave students up to 拢25,000 better off.New two-year courses will have the same qualification and quality as the standard three-year study.4 Students who sign up for an accelerated degree will pay a fifth less in tuition feesCredit: PAress AssociationThose who sign up for an accelerated degree will pay a fifth less in tuition fees, saving them 拢5,500 plus a year s housing and living costs.When a af1 dded to the average salary of 拢19,000 for a new graduate, it converse could deliver a potential benefit of 拢25,000.It will be welcomed by thousands of teens from poorer backgrounds who are eager to start work and earn a salary.As a trade-off, universities will be given the go-ahead to charge up to 20 per cent more a year for a shorter degree course.The new fee limits, set out in the Government s response to the consultation published tomorrow will be subject to parliamentary approval.4 Universities will also be given the go-ahead to ch asics arge up to |