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The choice for social security benefits
Labour’s Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Rachel Reeve, delivered a speech in Pudsey on Monday, setting out ‘The Choice’ on social…
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Advice on benefit sanctions
Three disillusioned former DWP civil servants have set up a website to help benefit claimants who feel they have been wrongly sanctioned. The three…
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Shared learning on Universal Credit from HAs
Shared learning from housing associations and their tenants where Universal Credit has been introduced. According to the NHF: The Federation is working closely with…
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Welfare Safety Net – judical review
Janice BlenkinsoppPhD candidate, I-SPHERE, Heriot Watt University has shared this on linked in: The gaps in the welfare ‘safety net’ and the scope for…
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Universal Housing – latest on information exchange with landlords
Here is the latest on information exchange between landlords and DWP on information exchange on UC. Inside Housing has reported: Now we have confirmation…
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Just 5% of HA tenants would go to their HA for financial support
Here is a reason for mass publicity of the good work that HAs do: According to CIH: Residents do not see their housing association…
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New system for Universal Credit
The government is introducing new rules that would allow housing associations to help prevent tenants claiming universal credit from falling into arrears. According to…
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Ian Duncan Smith Welfare Cuts speech
Despite predictions in the press that Iain Duncan Smith would announce new welfare cuts in a major speech in London yesterday, the Works and Pensions Secretary…
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Roll out of universal credit to Couples
This briefing from the NHF looks at the implications for housing associations and tenants of the roll out to include couples. Universal Credit was…
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IPPR suggest a new relationship for citizens and public services
This landmark report sets out a new ‘relational state’ agenda for public service reform that would address complex problems holistically, provide more intensive and…
