A new report examining the early impact of the government’s welfare reforms across London found that local authorities will be forced to send families out of London as thousands will be unable to afford their rents. The research carried out by the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) and Lasa, with the support of Trust for London, assesses the current and forthcoming impact of three cuts to social security on families in London.
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A new report published by the National Audit Office (NAO) looks at how the Department of Work and Pensions (DWP) will handle the considerable challenge of implementing housing benefit reforms.
The DWP expects Housing Benefit reforms to save £2.3 billion a year by 2014-15, and it has already estimated the direct impact of reforms on households’ current entitlements Managing the impact of Housing Benefit reformfinds that welfare reforms could lead to shortages of private rented accommodation with rents at or below the Local Housing Allowance.