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Does work pay to come off benefits?
Some working people are losing 97p of every £1 earned after being hit by a combination of welfare cuts, a committee of MPs has…
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Backtrack on pledge for vulnerable people under welfare reform
Lord David Freud has backtracked on his pledge to protect vulnerable and disabled people from the bedroom tax, new government guidance has confirmed. According…
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Councisl urge the retention of a crisis find for emergency welfare
Scrapping of a £347m emergency welfare fund could leave regions unable to support families in crisis, council leaders have warned. According to LG news:…
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Government respond to UN on welfare and housing
Housing Minister Kris Hopkins has responded to the United Nations Special Rapporteur Raquel Rolnik report on UK housing, according to Housemark Kris Hopkins said he was “disappointed that…
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Defining bedrooms
Gareth Morgan, has posted on Linked in, the following useful information on defining bedrooms under welfare reform changes from the upper tribunal (UT): “I…
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Discretionary Housing Payments for LAs for 2014-5
The Department for Work and Pensions has revealed the discretionary housing payment allocations for councils in 2014/15. As announced in the autumn statement in December, the…
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Supporting Mutual Exchanges
Are you supporting tenants to mutually exchange? This might help Thanks to the CIH for this publication How to support tenants to find a…
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Bedrom tax appeal successful for very small room
An unused room under 50 square feet should not lead to tenants being penalised by the bedroom tax, a tribunal judge has ruled, according…
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Debate over bedrrom tax loophole
Housing experts are split over how many tenants they think could temporarily escape the bedroom tax as a result of a technical error by…
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Bedroom tax loophole to close in March 2014
The minister for welfare reform Lord Freud has confirmed that the housing benefit loophole that exempts certain long standing tenants from the bedroom tax will be…
