With the cupboard bare, prime minister Alexis Tsipras must consider how to pay public sector wages and vital welfare payments.
Analysis by researchers, led by the University of Kent's social policy team, said polls and focus groups had revealed a quarter of claimants had "delayed or avoided asking for" vital welfare payments because of "misleading news coverage driven by [government] policy".
If the federal debt limit is not raised, several governors said as they gathered here on Friday for the semiannual meeting of the National Governors Association, the ensuing default will harm the economy, make it difficult for states to borrow money and delay some of the vital federal payments that states count on for everything from Medicaid to unemployment benefits.
I am determined that payday lenders should not be able to misuse this system to recoup funds from vital benefit payments that should be used for essential spending, such as utility bills and rent.
Perhaps prodded by American regulators, Alibaba has tried to explain why it spun out Alipay, a vital online-payments division, in 2011.
President Obama, in his long-term budget plan, proposed further empowering the vital Independent Payment Advisory Board to control Medicare spending.
"I had been on dialysis for 15 years and on two transplant lists for 7," said the woman, who asked not to be identified by name, for fear of losing support payments vital to maintaining the health of her transplanted organ.
The chief executive of Citizens Advice, Gillian Guy, said:"Cheques are an important, and sometimes vital, method of payment for many CAB clients.
Cocker said the payments were vital to counter the impact of turbulent market conditions.
