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In the letter, leaked to the Financial Times, Varoufakis said the backlog of tax arrears in Greece stood at €76bn (£55but, buthatat only €8bn of this was probably recoverable.
The country has also seen a 20% rise in food bank use in the past year, and Welsh people are being hit hardest by the bedroom tax, with more than one in five in rent arrears.
Ministers claim there is currently a £4bn arrears in maintenance payments from non-resident parents.
At 28%, the proportion in rent arrears was almost double that among StepChange's clients who were in a couple and had no children.
GNM may suspend and/or terminate provision of all or part of the Services if the Client is in arrears with the payment of Fees at any time and the Client's Contact Person has been given 7 days written notice prior to suspension and/or termination.
Giles Peaker Giles Peaker, a partner at Anthony Gold Solicitors and housing expert, warns that it's vital to ensure students are given individual, rather than joint tenancies: "If students are on a joint tenancy the guarantors will be joint too, meaning that one poor parent could end up being chased for the rent arrears caused by someone else's vanishing child.
In London, social landlords who have embraced the affordable rent programme – which can see social tenants charged far higher rents – could be very badly hit by an increase in arrears once tenants receiving housing benefit see their support cut by £3,000 a year.
Robert Snodgrass, with a shot from near the penalty spot, would have halved Norwich's arrears early in the second half but for a sprawling save from Michel Vorm.
"Not providing those who are financially vulnerable with protection will increase their risk of falling into debt, but could also threaten future building of much-needed new affordable homes if it leads to rent arrears increasing," said David Orr, the federation's chief executive.
They lost an early wicket to Jimmy Anderson but then set about the England bowling with such verve that attack from England turned into defence and arrears were cleared with more than a dozen overs of the day remaining.
And as the repayment was largely funded by clearing out Greece's IMF reserve account, which will also need to be replenished within a month, it has once again simply added to the arrears in other parts of the Greek public finances.
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The primary grammatical function of "arrears " is that of a noun , typically used in the plural form. It refers to the state of being behind in payments or the total amount of unpaid debts. Ludwig AI confirms its proper usage in financial and legal contexts.
Expression frequency: Very common
