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One in Five children at risk of NEET says report
One in five children born in 2000 are at risk of not being in education, employment or training (NEET), a new report is warning.…
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Loophole to escape bedroom tax?
The LG chronicle has reported on an urgent circular which might exempt many people from the bedroom tax an entitle them to back pay:…
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One in eleven worried about paying household bills
Rising bills and high housing costs are pushing many household budgets “to breaking point”, with one in 11 people worried they will not be able to…
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Government to end local support for citizens in crisis
Included in the small print of the local government settlement for 2014/15, released the week before Christmas, was the ending of central government support for…
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News from SITRA on supported housing and Welfare Reform
Sitra met civil servants on Monday last week to hear how the Government was progressing with plans to protect supported housing more widely against…
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Bedroom Tax Loophole?
Housing benefit regulations introduced in March 2006 protect tenants who have claimed continuously since January 1996. Mr Duncan Smith’s Department for Work and Pensions…
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705 of LAs committed to payout less than half of Discretionary Payments
Official government figures show 70 per cent of councils committed to pay out less than half their emergency hardship fund pots by the midpoint…
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IPPR 2013 Policy Impact 2013
IPPR have published their policy impact in 2013 Here it is: On energy policy – rarely out of the news this year – IPPR…
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Impact of cuts in Council Tax Benefit by Government
It is ‘not clear’ if the cut to council tax credit will meet the government’s objectives to protect vulnerable people from tax increases, the…
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Latest update on the Universal Credit direct payment programme
The latest update on progress with the six UK direct payment demonstration projects shows that 94% of rental income is coming in, and a…
