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HAs support customers into employment
Housing associations are playing a crucial role in the ‘Welfare to Work’ agenda, making a huge contribution through helping their residents and the wider…
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Roll out of Universal Credit next year
Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith announced that Universal Credit will be rolled out to all Job centres and local authorities across the…
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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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Increase in HB overpayments
An increase in the overpayments of housing benefit could be because of an increase in the number of claimants in work, according to the…
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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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Worrying reduction in town hall support for vulnerable people in crisis
Three in four councils expect to scale back funding for vulnerable people in crisis after government cutbacks, town halls have warned. Accordng to Inside…
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North Tyneside cancels pre paid benefit cards
North Tyneside Council has cancelled a project to trial pre-paid benefit cards following ‘inaccurate’ accusations it was to target people with drug and alcohol…
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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…
