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A Home, A Job, A Future
Here is the latest report from the NHF. A Home A Job A Future standard presentation How about linking your volunteering to involvement and…
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Families hit by welfare reform see their debts rise by more than 70%, says report
Families hit by the coalition government’s welfare reforms have seen their average debt increase by more than 70% in just over a year, a…
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A divided nation – absolute poverty in economic recovery
The report predicts that 2020 is set to mark the end of the first decade since records began without a fall in absolute poverty.…
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Older people in Poverty unable to claim HB
Up to 390,000 older people in poverty could have claimed housing benefit last year but didn’t, a report by Age UK published today has…
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Welfare reform hits harder in the north
Residents of the North of England are being hit hardest by a growing north/south divide in welfare reform, according to a new joint research…
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Impacts of under occupation – parliamentary research
The Government used powers contained in the Welfare Reform Act 2012 to provide that, since 1 April 2013, with some very limited exceptions, working-age…
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Worst austerity yet to come
Public sector austerity is set to continue for another five years, outgoing civil service chief Sir Bob Kerslake has warned. According to LG News:…
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Tenants trust landlord advice on energy efficiency
The study by the not-for-profit consultancy Sustainable Homes for the Department of Energy and Climate Change has found associations managing property are in the…
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Housing Benefit – call to move funding to housebuilding, low pay and unemployment
Shifting spending from housing benefit to house building and tackling low pay and unemployment is the best way of lifting people out of poverty…
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Chidren and fuel poverty
Rising fuel costs and food prices and the cycle of debt are affecting millions of UK families struggling on low incomes. As autumn approaches,…
