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Monitoring Poverty and Social exclusion in 2013
This annual report by the New Policy Institute and JRD gives a comprehensive picture of poverty in the UK, featuring analysis of low income,…
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Bedroom Tax – different support in different areas of the country
People hit by the bedroom tax in different parts of England have wildly varying chances of receiving Government help, a new survey has found, according to…
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Government must do more to support councils with welfare changes, says NAO report
The Department of Communities and Local Government must do more to satisfy itself that councils can manage the cumulative impact of funding and welfare…
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Big Society Report 2013
Big society is missing disadvantaged communities and failing to stem the dominance of ‘mega-corporations’ in public service ownership, a report claims. Government bias towards…
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The government is accused of redefining fuel poverty
The government has been accused of “shifting the goalposts” to bring down the number of households classed as in fuel poverty, reported by the…
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Autumn statement – housing elements
George Osborne’s Autumn Statement – the housing elements in brief: Local authority borrowing The government will increase the funding available for new affordable homes,…
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The future of HAs and investment in communities
Here is the report from Service matters at Orbit HA, into 6 possible futures for Housing Associations Housing 2020 PDF Orbit have also been…
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Cuts to budgets in deprived areas = higher than more affluent areas
The JRF report details that local government spending (excluding police, schools, and housing benefit) is set to fall by nearly 30% in real terms…
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Zero Hours Contracts – good or bad?
Leading HR professionals group the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) and trade union Unison have clashed over the suitability of zero hours…
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Victory in shared housing bedroom tax appeal
A disabled man who spends two or three nights a week at his mother’s house occupies the property for bedroom tax purposes, a tribunal…
