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UK Housing Award Winners
UK Housing Awards 2014 Shortlist Business transformation of the year Cestria Community Housing – Zero to heroes Circle Housing – Repairs and maintenance Curo…
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A comprehensive strategy to end poverty?
This report sets out a comprehensive strategy for ending the ‘poverty premium’ faced by many consumers who have no alternative to borrowing from payday…
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1.75 million low income families become poorer due to welfare cuts
The bedroom tax and other welfare cuts have caused 1.75 million of Britain’s lowest income families to become poorer, according to a report. According…
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Think tank urges set up of credit unions
A one-off £450 million levy on the payday loan industry would be enough to create a sector of not-for-profit lenders to rival ‘firms like…
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Invest in public services and cut inequality by 1/5th say oxfam
Investing in public services could cut inequality by as much as a fifth According to LG news: In a new report by Oxfam. The charity said…
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The Benefits Bill and DWP webinars
Here is another useful contribution from Garteh Morgan from Linked in: The DWP have just published a very useful set of consolidated costings for…
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Are all Housing Associations paying a “living wage”?
The majority of landlords are helping to keep employees above the breadline, survey reveals According to Inside Housing: Two in three housing associations in…
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900,000 recieve help from food banks
More people are seeking help from foodbanks than ever before, with over 900,000 individuals receiving emergency support in the last year. According to LG…
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Study into support for unemployed
A study by the Work Foundation published on Wednesday found that areas such as Middlesbrough, Barnsley and Glasgow are youth unemployment ‘blackspots’, where the number of…
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PIP redesign called for in new report
The next government should redesign the personal independence payment to reflect the costs disabled people encounter related to their disability, a report has said…
