Nearly half of UK households say that they would struggle to cope if their monthly outgoings rose by £99. We look at how you can create some financial 'breathing space' to help you out if you lose your job or become ill.
A look at the jackpot winners who landed in hot water.
Lotto winner Edward Putman was jailed for fraud yesterday, after fraudulently claiming £13,000 in benefits.
Despite scooping £5 million back in 2009, he continued to apply for benefit and income support. You might think that was just forgetfulness - after all, perhaps he was too busy living the good life to remember to tell the authorities that he no longer needed financial support.
Sadly, that's far from the case - Putman even wrote letters to the Department for Work and Pensions claiming he was so poor he couldn't afford food. Suspicions arose when, despite claiming poverty, he asked to buy his council house with cash.
Remarkably, Putman is by no means the only lottery winner to find themselves on the wrong side of the law. Here, we take a look at how some Brits went from jackpot to jail.
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Why would you want to BUY your own council house with all that money in the bank?? you could buy a nice place anywhere!! for you and your family and do some real good with the money. Obviously a moron as well as a greedy little sh*t
Just proves the point though if you think about it,,,,,,you can put lipstick on a pig but it remains a pig!!
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