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Spending Review 2020 – housing organisation highlights
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, announced a raft of housing policies in the Spending Review on Wednesday 25 November. Perhaps most eye-catching…
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The Housing Budget 2020 – round up
There are a number of articles of note out there. here is a summary for those wishing to scan the news: This is a…
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Where are we with benefit changes?
The latest news on Universal Credit Already in 2019 we’ve seen several high-profile media attention while others, although equally significant, have slipped by relatively…
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IPPR’s Social Contract for the 21st centrury
From IPPR: “A decade on from the crash and the subsequent all-out assault on Britain’s welfare state, politics has radically changed. The global rise…
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Managed migration of universal credit
A cross-party group of MPs has urged ministers to delay the next parliamentary vote on the migration of Universal Credit until after the government’s…
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Universal Credit implementation
The Northern Housing Consortium’s Impact of Universal Credit – The Frontline Perspective report is the culmination of a year-long study that draws on the results of four surveys…
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179% surge in Food Bank referrals where Universal Credit is on a full roll out Pilot
Food bank referrals have surged by up to 179% in a London borough where the government’s full-service Universal Credit has been piloted. Pecan, a…
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Can we continue to build homes under the LHA rent cap?
A thinktank found that if the new Local Housing Allowance (LHA) cap was introduced today, the number of social tenants whose rents are not covered…
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Are we ready for full roll out of Universal Credit
The ‘full service’ version of universal credit is on its way – so what do social landlords need to be doing differently to support…
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Uk Housing Review
This was covered on the front page of the Independent newspaper. The CIH are calling for government to shift some of it’s investment in…
